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OSHA Injury Report: Welch's Food Inc. North East

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Welch's Food Inc. North East in 139 S Lake St, North East, PA 16428 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was packer in juices, fruit or vegetable, fresh, manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Welch's Food Inc. North East
Street
139 S Lake St
City
North East
State
PA
ZIP
16428
On-site location
Production line

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

Unjamming a case from the case sealer

What happened

Employee unwedged case and got hit by the kicker arm in the chin.

Injury or illness

Laceration to the chin.

Object or substance involved

Kicker arm on the case sealer.

Summary line

Struck by kicker arm causing laceration to chin

Employee and industry

Job description
Packer
SOC code
51-9111 — Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
NAICS code
311421 — Juices, fruit or vegetable, fresh, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
332
Total hours worked
581811
Establishment ID
991204
Employer case #
20231

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:42:00.000
Time of incident
9:00:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
01MAR24:20:54:00

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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.