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OSHA Injury Report: Stuarts Draft Plant

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Stuarts Draft Plant in Stuarts Draft, VA 24477 resulted in days away from work. Employee was plant Operative in confectionery chocolate made from cacao beans.

Establishment
Stuarts Draft Plant
Parent company
The Hershey Company
Street
120 Harold Cook Drive
City
Stuarts Draft
State
VA
ZIP
24477
On-site location
125 Bagging Spiral Conveyor
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
90

Was on Line 47 getting boxes unjammed when went to get tape that was going up the spiral. She stated she tripped over a pallet that was there for hand palletizing if needed. She was getting the box unjammed tripped over the pallet and fell onto her left hip.

Employee noticed cases were going up the spiral conveyor belt pulling tape from the case sealer with it. Employee attempted to correct the issue in the process tripped over the edge of a pallet under the infeed conveyor. First aid was notified and Employee was transported to Medical Services via wheelchair.

Other Illness of Hip Left SideFx of L hip surgically repaired with Total hip replacement 5 30 25.

Containers Furniture and Fixtures - Pallets

Other Illness of Hip Left Side - Directly harmed by: Containers Furniture and Fixtures - Pallets

Job description
Plant Operative
SOC code
51-8099 — Plant and System Operators, All Other
NAICS code
311351 — Confectionery chocolate made from cacao beans
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1550
Total hours worked
2982829
EIN
230691590
Establishment ID
1255159
Employer case #
FY25-0181
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
11:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
14JAN26:18:52:00

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.