Hershey, PA —
OSHA Injury Report: West Hershey Plant
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at West Hershey Plant in Hershey, PA 17033 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was wH Plant Hourly in chocolate, confectionery, made from cacao beans.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- West Hershey Plant
- Parent company
- The Hershey Company
- Street
- 1033 Old W. Chocolate Ave.
- City
- Hershey
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 17033
- On-site location
- L2 Shell Shaker Cabinet
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 9
Before the incident
Closing the door to the shell shaker cabinet
What happened
After cleaning a Moulded Kiss shell shaker cabinet an operator went to close the door to the cabinet and struck their right elbow on a sharp edge of the depositor assembly which was located on a cart directly behind the operator and had been taken off the line for cleaning.
Injury or illness
Laceration of Elbow Right Side
Object or substance involved
Parts and Materials - Metal materials - nonstructural
Summary line
Laceration of Elbow Right Side - Directly harmed by: Parts and Materials - Metal materials - nonstructural
Employee and industry
- Job description
- WH Plant Hourly
- SOC code
- 00-9900 — Insufficient Information - NIOSH
- 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 #
- FY25-0277
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 18:30
- Time of incident
- 19:47
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 20JAN26:14:02:00
Source
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.