Womelsdorf, PA —
OSHA Injury Report: Dieffenbach's Potato Chips - Plant 1
Respiratory condition · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , a respiratory condition at Dieffenbach's Potato Chips - Plant 1 in Womelsdorf, PA 19567 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was maintenance Manager in potato chips manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Dieffenbach's Potato Chips - Plant 1
- Parent company
- Dieffenbach's Potato Chips
- Street
- 51 Host Road
- City
- Womelsdorf
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 19567
- On-site location
- trash compactor
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Respiratory condition (code 3)
Before the incident
moving chips in a dumpster to get to smoldering chips
What happened
heavy smoke blew toward worker when smoldering chips were uncovered
Injury or illness
smoke inhalation
Object or substance involved
smoke
Summary line
shortness of breath from smoke inhalation
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance Manager
- SOC code
- 49-1011 — First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
- NAICS code
- 311919 — Potato chips manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 256
- Total hours worked
- 538839
- EIN
- 233044270
- Establishment ID
- 72287
- Employer case #
- 2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:50
- Time of incident
- 8:45
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 02MAR26:17:27:00
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.