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OSHA Injury Report: Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate, Inc

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate, Inc in Hazleton, PA 18202 resulted in days away from work. Employee was refiner in chocolate, confectionery, made from cacao beans.

Establishment
Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate, Inc
Street
400 Stoney creek Rd
City
Hazleton
State
PA
ZIP
18202
On-site location
Refining Dept
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
180

Checking the 2 roll on refining line 2. He walked up approximately six stairs to make sure the product was mixing correctly.

When descending the staircase employee maintained 3 points of contact employees foot slipped out from under him and he slid down about 4 stairs. When he slid he continued to hold into the railing. Immediately after he stopped he grabs his left shoulder and arm.

The left shoulder arm was dislocated.

The employee maintain contact with the hand railing.

Left shoulder arm dislocation.

Job description
Refiner
SOC code
51-3092 — Food Batchmakers
NAICS code
311351 — Chocolate, confectionery, made from cacao beans
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
155
Total hours worked
255194
Establishment ID
1129390
Employer case #
7
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
12:57:00.000
Submitted
21FEB24:19:50:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.