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OSHA Injury Report: West Hershey Plant

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at West Hershey Plant in Hershey, PA 17033 resulted in other recordable case. 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
L13 Breakroom
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Putting lunch box in fridge

Employee was putting their lunch box away and as they pulled their right hand away from the lunch box it got caught on the framework that holds the shelves in place in fridge causing a laceration on the backside of their right hand.

Cut laceration puncture of Hand Right Side

Structures and Surfaces - Storage Racks

Cut laceration puncture of Hand Right Side - Directly harmed by: Structures and Surfaces - Storage Racks

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 #
FY25-0164
Date of incident
Shift started
15:00
Time of incident
22:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
20JAN26:13:47:00

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.