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Wilkes-Barre, PA —

OSHA Injury Report: Wilkes Barre

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Wilkes Barre in 220 Highland Park Blvd, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702 resulted in days away from work. Employee was customer Service in retail Supermarkets.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Wilkes Barre
Parent company
Wegmans Food Markets Inc
Street
220 Highland Park Blvd
City
Wilkes-Barre
State
PA
ZIP
18702
On-site location
Front End

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
4

Before the incident

SHE SHOOK THE BAGS AND SOMETHING FLEW INTO HER LT EYE CUSTOMER HAD REGULAR PLASTIC BAGS THAT WERE CRUMPED

What happened

Employee States The customer had regular plastic bags that were crumpled up and I shook them and something flew into my eye like a piece of dust or something I asked [REDACTED] to go to the bathroom so I could look at my eye and the I worked the rest of my shift [REDACTED] my eye started to feel sore I was flushing it out because I have contacts but it wasn t making it better

Injury or illness

Substance Inhaled Absorbed Ingested

Object or substance involved

FOREIGN BODY

Summary line

Substance Inhaled Absorbed Ingested to Eye caused by FOREIGN BODY

Employee and industry

Job description
Customer Service
SOC code
43-4051 — Customer Service Representatives
NAICS code
445110 — Retail Supermarkets
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
470
Total hours worked
491699
EIN
161309424
Establishment ID
1138792
Employer case #
EV20233498

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Filing year
2023
Submitted
28FEB24:00:39:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.