Elizabethtown, PA ·
OSHA Injury Report: ELZ
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at ELZ in 295 Brown Street, Elizabethtown, PA 17022 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was process Coordinator in candy, chocolate, made from cacao beans.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- ELZ
- Parent company
- Mars Wrigley Confectionery US, LLC
- Street
- 295 Brown Street
- City
- Elizabethtown
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 17022
- On-site location
- Finished goods Bagger C
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
EE was feeding newly-spliced bag film through [REDACTED] in order to continue running product.
What happened
The tape holding the splice together lost adhesion as it was being pulled through the Wrapper. Without the tension on the bag film the EE lurched forward striking his chin on one of the Wrapper 's rollers.
Injury or illness
Impacting the roller caused the EE to have neck pain similar to whiplash. He was prescribed anti-inflammatory medication.
Object or substance involved
Contact with the Wrapper 's metal roller.
Summary line
Neck strain prescribed anti-inflammatory medicine EE was feeding bag film when the splice failed causing him to strike his chin on a metal roller which resulted in a strained neck.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Process Coordinator
- SOC code
- 51-3092: Food Batchmakers
- NAICS code
- 311351: Candy, chocolate, made from cacao beans
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 350
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 640,104
- EIN
- 208940055
- Establishment ID
- 102262
- Employer case #
- 2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 19:00
- Time of incident
- 21:15
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-05
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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, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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