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OSHA Injury Report: West Hershey Plant

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at West Hershey Plant in Hershey, PA 17033 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was semi Skilled Machine Operator in chocolate, confectionery, made from cacao beans.

Establishment
West Hershey Plant
Parent company
The Hershey Company
Street
1033 Old W. Chocolate Ave.
City
Hershey
State
PA
ZIP
17033
On-site location
L10 Wrapping
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
36

Normal job tasks - Bending Lifting Reaching

EE reported back pain from performing normal work tasks the [REDACTED]

Strain or Tear of Back Lumbo Sacral Left Side

Other Sources - Other sources unspecified

Strain or Tear of Back Lumbo Sacral Left Side - Directly harmed by: Other Sources - Other sources unspecified

Job description
Semi Skilled Machine Operator
SOC code
51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
NAICS code
311351 — Chocolate, confectionery, made from cacao beans
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
1227
Total hours worked
2369802
EIN
230691590
Establishment ID
804552
Employer case #
FY25-0032
Date of incident
Shift started
14:00
Time of incident
22:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
20JAN26:13:42:00

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.