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 mechanic 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 2 APV
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Repairing Line 2 APV.
What happened
Employee connected an air hose to an air wrench when the air supply was turned on the coupler came apart. The air hose coupler flew up and struck employee in the forehead above the left eyebrow causing a laceration.
Injury or illness
Laceration above left brow
Object or substance involved
Air hose connection
Summary line
Employee was lacerated above left eyebrow due to air hose coupler coming apart.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Mechanic
- SOC code
- 49-9041: Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- 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 #
- 9
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 13:53
- Time of incident
- 20:00
- 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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