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OSHA Injury Report: Rice Fruit Company

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Rice Fruit Company in 2760 carslisle rd, Gardners, PA 17324 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was packer in seed processing, post-harvest for propagation.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Rice Fruit Company
Parent company
Rice Fruit Company
Street
2760 carslisle rd
City
Gardners
State
PA
ZIP
17324
On-site location
Production Area

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
30

Before the incident

Packing apples into boxes and pushing full boxes onto rolling conveyor

What happened

Employee was packing and when she went to push a full box of apples onto the roll conveyor she felt something snap in her right hand (above palm area) and was unable to continue to pack due to the pain.

Injury or illness

Tendonitis on Right Hand

Object or substance involved

Repeatedly pushing heavy boxes of apples onto conveyor

Summary line

Pain in her right hand above palm area when pushing box of apples onto roll conveyor

Employee and industry

Job description
Packer
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
115114 — Seed processing, post-harvest for propagation
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
173
Total hours worked
365436
EIN
231474131
Establishment ID
649519
Employer case #
15

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
10:38
Filing year
2024
Submitted
21JAN2025:17:54:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.