North East, PA —
OSHA Injury Report: Welch's Food Inc. North East
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Welch's Food Inc. North East in North East, PA 16428 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was labeler 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
- Line 1 Labeler
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 9
Before the incident
Employee was removing star wheel to unjam a bottle.
What happened
After unjamming the bottle the employee exited the machine and felt muscle pain around her hip which was diagnosed as a hamstring strain.
Injury or illness
Right hamstring strain
Object or substance involved
Star wheel
Summary line
Employee reached into a packer to remove a star wheel and strained her right hamstring.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Labeler Operator
- SOC code
- 51-9111 — Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
- NAICS code
- 311421 — Juices, fruit or vegetable, fresh, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 305
- Total hours worked
- 721856
- Establishment ID
- 991204
- Employer case #
- 8
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 23:00
- Time of incident
- 4:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 02MAR26:21:52:00
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.