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OSHA Injury Report: West Hershey Plant

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at West Hershey Plant in 1033 Old W. Chocolate Ave., Hershey, PA 17033 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was machine Operator in chocolate, confectionery, made from cacao beans.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
West Hershey Plant
Parent company
The Hershey Company
Street
1033 Old W. Chocolate Ave.
City
Hershey
State
PA
ZIP
17033
On-site location
Line 7

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
7

Before the incident

Cleaning a jam out of the case sealer

What happened

Bumped shoulder on case sealer.

Injury or illness

Shoulder strain

Object or substance involved

case sealer

Summary line

shoulder strain

Employee and industry

Job description
Machine Operator
SOC code
51-3099 — Food Processing Workers, All Other
NAICS code
311351 — Chocolate, confectionery, made from cacao beans
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1298
Total hours worked
2561753
EIN
230691590
Establishment ID
804552
Employer case #
1929

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
14:00:00.000
Time of incident
20:00:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
04JAN24:20:52:00

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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.