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

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Dieffenbach's Potato Chips - Plant 1 in 51 Host Road, Womelsdorf, PA 19567 resulted in days away from work. Employee was packer 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
Bethel packing line

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
180

Before the incident

using a ladder to stack boxes on a pallet

What happened

left foot slipped off of ladder and leg slid inside ladder

Injury or illness

broken leg

Object or substance involved

ladder

Summary line

leg broken from twisting in a ladder

Employee and industry

Job description
Packer
SOC code
51-9111 — Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
NAICS code
311919 — Potato chips manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
180
Total hours worked
343437
EIN
233044270
Establishment ID
72287
Employer case #
9

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
18:50:00.000
Time of incident
23:50:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
29FEB24:14:18:00

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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.