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OSHA Injury Report: Mars Wrigley

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Mars Wrigley in Topeka, KS 666E6 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was associate in baking chocolate made from purchased chocolate.

Establishment
Mars Wrigley
Parent company
MARS WRIGLEY CONFECTIONERY LLC
Street
100 Mars Blvd
City
Topeka
State
KS
ZIP
666E6
On-site location
SC Final Coat
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

[REDACTED] was working to clear a jam in an overhead hopper by pounding on exterior points of the hopper with a dead blow hammer.

Associate felt soreness in right shoulder during activity but continued to work. Associate left for the day and after continued soreness and pain the following day reported the injury to their Lead at the beginning of the following day 's shift.

Right shoulder and neck strain reported numbness in right thumb

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Right Shoulder neck strain from using dead blow hammer

Job description
Associate
SOC code
51-3092 — Food Batchmakers
NAICS code
311352 — Baking chocolate made from purchased chocolate
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
530
Total hours worked
929204
Establishment ID
1077276
Employer case #
2
Date of incident
Shift started
15:00:00.000
Time of incident
19:00:00.000
Submitted
18JAN24:22:19:00

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.