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 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
- Avg employees
- 305
- Total hours worked
- 721856
- Establishment ID
- 991204
- Employer case #
- 11
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 23:00
- Time of incident
- 3:30
- 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.