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OSHA Injury Report: Dieffenbach's Potato Chips - Plant 1

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Dieffenbach's Potato Chips - Plant 1 in Womelsdorf, PA 19567 resulted in days away from work. Employee was processing Lead in potato chips manufacturing.

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
kettle 5
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
37

draining oil from kettle 5 using green hose connected to the kettle

he was sprayed with hot oil when the hose disconnected from the kettle

burns to the right side of his body

hot oil

burns on face neck trunk arms legs from hot oil

Job description
Processing Lead
SOC code
51-1011 — First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
NAICS code
311919 — Potato chips manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
256
Total hours worked
538839
EIN
233044270
Establishment ID
72287
Employer case #
9
Date of incident
Shift started
6:50
Time of incident
18:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
02MAR26:17:54:00

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.