North East, PA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Welch's Food Inc. North East
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Welch's Food Inc. North East in 139 S Lake St, North East, PA 16428 resulted in days away from work. Employee was general Labor 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
- Cap Hopper
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 9
- Days restricted or transferred
- 45
Before the incident
Employee was assigned general labor and was dumping boxes of caps and pectin.
What happened
Employee felt a pop in their bicep after dumping boxes throughout his shift. He reported it to the supervisor and went to the hospital where it was determined he had a partial right bicep tear.
Injury or illness
Right proximal bicep partial tear
Object or substance involved
Cap box
Summary line
Employee was dumping boxes of caps and pectin throughout the shift and felt a pop in his right arm which was diagnosed as a bicep tear.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- General Labor
- SOC code
- 53-7062: Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- 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 #
- 10
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 23:00
- Time of incident
- 02:45
- 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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