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OSHA Injury Report: Dieffenbach's Potato Chips - Plant 1

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Dieffenbach's Potato Chips - Plant 1 in 51 Host Road, Womelsdorf, PA 19567 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was pMO in potato chips manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Dieffenbach's Potato Chips - Plant 1
Parent company
Dieffenbach's Potato Chips
Street
51 Host Road
City
Womelsdorf
State
PA
ZIP
19567
On-site location
behind machine 5

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
9

Before the incident

closing the lip on machine 5

What happened

hand caught in tape machine blade behind the machine

Injury or illness

cut on thumb

Object or substance involved

blade

Summary line

right hand laceration from tape machine blade

Employee and industry

Job description
PMO
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
311919 — Potato chips manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
180
Total hours worked
343437
EIN
233044270
Establishment ID
72287
Employer case #
8

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:50:00.000
Time of incident
11:50:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
29FEB24:14:15:00

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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.