North East, PA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Welch's Food Inc. North East
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Welch's Food Inc. North East in 139 S Lake St, North East, PA 16428 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was APV Operator in juices, fruit or vegetable, fresh, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Welch's Food Inc. North East
- Street
- 139 S Lake St
- City
- North East
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 16428
- On-site location
- APV Area
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Employee was beginning to replace a chemical tote.
What happened
Employee was removing chemical hose from an empty tote and the hose got caught on the lip of the tote and splashed and small quantity of caustic under his eye protection and into his eye resulting in irritation.
Injury or illness
Eye irritation
Object or substance involved
Sanitation Chemical
Summary line
Employee was changing a chemical tote and chemical got behind his eye protection resulting in eye irritation.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- APV Operator
- SOC code
- 00-9900: Insufficient Information - NIOSH
- NAICS code
- 311421: Juices, fruit or vegetable, fresh, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 305
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 721,856
- Establishment ID
- 991204
- Employer case #
- 3
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 13:00
- Time of incident
- 13:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-03-02
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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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