Whitestown, IN —
OSHA Injury Report: Hershey Salty Snacks - Whitestown
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Hershey Salty Snacks - Whitestown in Whitestown, IN 46075 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was controls Engineer in popcorn (except candy covered), popped, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Hershey Salty Snacks - Whitestown
- Parent company
- The Hershey Salty Snacks Company
- Street
- 4310 Anson Boulevard
- City
- Whitestown
- State
- IN
- ZIP
- 46075
- On-site location
- Kitchen 2, Line 4, Kettle 2
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Engineering troubleshooting
What happened
Maintenance and Engineering were troubleshooting communication faults for [REDACTED] kettles as a result of the wrong program being loaded post sanitation. As the team was troubleshooting [REDACTED] did not dump as intended and attempts to manually dump the kettle were not successful. The kettle began to overheat and then dumped unexpectedly via program activation dumping 500+ F contents into vibratory tray. Contents instantly combusted and a fire started in the vibratory tray between kettles 2 and 3. Fire was extinguished with multiple fire blankets and one K extinguisher. No resulting damage to equipment.
Injury or illness
Respiratory Irritation of Lungs Both Side
Object or substance involved
Containers Furniture and Fixtures - Product Packaging Material
Summary line
Respiratory Irritation of Lungs Both Side - Directly harmed by: Containers Furniture and Fixtures - Product Packaging Material
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Controls Engineer
- SOC code
- 17-2112 — Industrial Engineers
- NAICS code
- 311919 — Popcorn (except candy covered), popped, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 292
- Total hours worked
- 490924
- EIN
- 831735985
- Establishment ID
- 1262357
- Employer case #
- FY25-0105
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 23:00
- Time of incident
- 2:25
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 05JAN26:13:08:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.