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OSHA Injury Report: HERSHEY CHOCOLATE OF VIRGINIA, LLC

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at HERSHEY CHOCOLATE OF VIRGINIA, LLC in Stuarts Draft, VA 24477 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was plant Operative in candy bars, chocolate (including chocolate covered), made from cacao beans.

Establishment
HERSHEY CHOCOLATE OF VIRGINIA, LLC
Parent company
HERSHEY CHOCOLATE OF VIRGINIA, LLC
Street
120 Harold Cook Drive
City
Stuarts Draft
State
VA
ZIP
24477
On-site location
Wrapper 1 line 47
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
57

Switched out roll of film.

EE was training on wrapper 1 when the wrapper had open backs. The operator stopped the wrapper and the trainee was removing [REDACTED] from bucket elevator when the operator accidentlly turned on the bucket elevator in reverse causing the buckets to strike her right hand.

Strain or Tear of Wrist Right Side

Machinery - Machinery unspecified

Strain or Tear of Wrist Right Side - Directly harmed by: Machinery - Machinery unspecified

Job description
Plant Operative
SOC code
51-3092 — Food Batchmakers
NAICS code
311351 — Candy bars, chocolate (including chocolate covered), made from cacao beans
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1747
Total hours worked
3231508
EIN
541671208
Establishment ID
1067941
Employer case #
FY23-00277
Date of incident
Shift started
14:30:00.000
Time of incident
19:15:00.000
Submitted
12FEB24:20:36:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.