Tamaqua, PA —
OSHA Injury Report: Hefty Business Unit - Tamaqua, Pennsylvania
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Hefty Business Unit - Tamaqua, Pennsylvania in Tamaqua, PA 18252 resulted in days away from work. Employee was response Lead in bags, plastics film, single wall or multiwall, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Hefty Business Unit - Tamaqua, Pennsylvania
- Parent company
- Reynolds Consumer Products
- Street
- 31 Progress Avenue
- City
- Tamaqua
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 18252
- On-site location
- Outfeed nip of Draw Tape area of conversion line 470
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 52
Before the incident
Employee was working on the draw tape module and heard a noise. He was troubleshooting
What happened
Employee opened up guard door reached into machine to to feel for a bad bearing and manually turned the nip. He inadvertently closed it on his finger.
Injury or illness
Avulsion of nail of right thumb
Object or substance involved
The nip of the machine.
Summary line
Crushing injury. Finger Right Thumb. Thumb caught in outfeed nip roller of drawtape module.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Response Lead
- SOC code
- 9999 — Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 326111 — Bags, plastics film, single wall or multiwall, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 320
- Total hours worked
- 738679
- EIN
- 942906693
- Establishment ID
- 59128
- Employer case #
- 379
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 8:00
- Time of incident
- 16:15
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 26FEB2025:16:50:00
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.