Tamaqua, PA —
OSHA Injury Report: Koch's Turkey Farm
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Koch's Turkey Farm in 416 Valley Rd, Tamaqua, PA 18252 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was eMT Mechanic in turkeys, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Koch's Turkey Farm
- Parent company
- Lewistown Valley Enterprises, Inc.
- Street
- 416 Valley Rd
- City
- Tamaqua
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 18252
- On-site location
- Plant processing
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 74
Before the incident
working in plant to replace a motor on the chiller
What happened
when he and the co-worker lost grip on the motor and it began to drop and fell on to his left index finger
Injury or illness
crush left index finger
Object or substance involved
motor
Summary line
working with another to remove a motor - the motor slipped as they lower it and fell unto his left index finger
Employee and industry
- Job description
- EMT Mechanic
- SOC code
- 49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- NAICS code
- 311615 — Turkeys, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 65
- Total hours worked
- 121573
- EIN
- 232451655
- Establishment ID
- 646292
- Employer case #
- 2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 8:17:00.000
- Time of incident
- 13:30:00.000
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted
- 02APR24:19:09:00
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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.