Hershey, PA ·
OSHA Injury Report: The Hershey Company Reese Campus
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at The Hershey Company Reese Campus in 925 Reese Ave., Hershey, PA 17033 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was staff Engineer Manuf Mechanical in liquor, chocolate, made from purchased chocolate.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- The Hershey Company Reese Campus
- Parent company
- The Hershey Company
- Street
- 925 Reese Ave.
- City
- Hershey
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 17033
- On-site location
- RCP - Pre-Refiners
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 14
Before the incident
Troubleshooting Pre-Refiners
What happened
Employee was asked to assist with the startup of the prerefiner which was not running as intended due to intermittent level transmitter feedback fluctuations (likely due to splatter of mixer mass on level transmitter area). Employee opened prerefiner hopper discharge using manual functionality on the HMI but a much larger-than-expected volume of material discharged from the hopper overflowing the trough and eventually building up on the back side of the machine safety cover. The pressure from this buildup caused the safety cover to give way and rotate away from the machine striking the employee 's right pinky finger causing a modest laceration.
Injury or illness
Cut laceration puncture of Finger(s) Right Side
Object or substance involved
Machinery - Miscellaneous Machinery
Summary line
Cut laceration puncture of Finger(s) Right Side Directly harmed by: Machinery - Miscellaneous Machinery
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Staff Engineer Manuf Mechanical
- SOC code
- 49-9071: Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
- NAICS code
- 311352: Liquor, chocolate, made from purchased chocolate
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 830
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 1,695,167
- EIN
- 230691590
- Establishment ID
- 1257924
- Employer case #
- FY25-0059
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 18:15
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-15
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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