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OSHA Injury Report: West Hershey Plant

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at West Hershey Plant in Hershey, PA 17033 resulted in days away from work. Employee was 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
L7 Baggers
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
180

Operating bagger #7

On [REDACTED] at approximately [REDACTED] a Drop Kiss employee was taking a shortcut around a line 7 date coder attempting to squeeze between a spiral conveyor and an electrical panel when they tripped over electrical conduit connecting the two and fell

Fracture of Both ElbowsWrist Both Side

Other Sources - Other sources unspecified (concrete floor)

Fracture of Both ElbowsWrist Both Side - Directly harmed by: Other Sources - Other sources unspecified

Job description
Skilled Machine Operator
SOC code
51-3099 — Food Processing 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 #
FY25-0174
Date of incident
Shift started
14:00
Time of incident
17:45
Filing year
2025
Submitted
20JAN26:13:50:00

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.