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 packer 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 4 Packer Sealer
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 1
Before the incident
Employee was monitoring the line 4 packer.
What happened
Employee remove a box from the [REDACTED] packer sealer. He did not see that on the side of the box facing away from him had excess hot glue and grabbed that portion of the box resulting in a second degree burn to his left hand.
Injury or illness
Second degree burn to left hand from hot glue
Object or substance involved
Hot glue
Summary line
Employee was removing a box from the line and grabbed a portion that had hot glue resulting in second degree burn to left hand.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Packer Operator
- SOC code
- 51-9111: Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
- 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 #
- 11
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 23:00
- Time of incident
- 03:30
- 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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