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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 120 Harold Cook Drive, 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.

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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
Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
1,747
Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
3,231,508
EIN
541671208
Establishment ID
1067941
Employer case #
FY23-00277
Date of incident
Shift started
14:30
Time of incident
19:15
Filing year
2023
Submitted to OSHA
2024-02-12

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Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.

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