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OSHA Injury Report: Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate, Inc

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate, Inc in Hazleton, PA 18202 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was melter 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
Melting Dept
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
95

Pushing a block of butter into the melting.

Hands slipped off the block of butter and employee lurched forward.

strain and bruising to the right shoulder.

Block of butter.

Strain sprain in right shoulder.

Job description
Melter
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 #
10
Date of incident
Shift started
14:00:00.000
Time of incident
20:00:00.000
Submitted
21FEB24:20:04:00

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.