Hershey, PA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Hershey's Chocolate World
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Hershey's Chocolate World in 101 Chocolate World Way, Hershey, PA 17033 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was flex Vc Warehouse in amusement parks (e.g., theme, water).
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Hershey's Chocolate World
- Parent company
- The Hershey Company
- Street
- 101 Chocolate World Way
- City
- Hershey
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 17033
- On-site location
- Warehouse floor by the big overhead door
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 17
Before the incident
EE was cleaning up at the end of the night. Getting ready to fill the cardboard bailer.
What happened
EE was filling compactor to make a bale of cardboard. When EE opened the baler door to wrap twine around bale the door forcefully swung open due to the pressure of the stack of cardboard hitting EE and pushing him over onto his left wrist.
Injury or illness
Strain of Wrist Left Side
Object or substance involved
Machinery
Summary line
Strain of Wrist Left Side - Directly harmed by: Machinery
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Flex Vc Warehouse
- SOC code
- 00-9900: Insufficient Information - NIOSH
- NAICS code
- 713110: Amusement parks (e.g., theme, water)
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 669
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 466,000
- EIN
- 230691590
- Establishment ID
- 1024789
- Employer case #
- FY25-0477
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 22:00
- Time of incident
- 01:15
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-25
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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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