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OSHA Injury Report: Hefty Business Unit - Tamaqua, Pennsylvania

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Hefty Business Unit - Tamaqua, Pennsylvania in Tamaqua, PA 18252 resulted in days away from work. Employee was machine Operator in bags, plastics film, single wall or multiwall, manufacturing.

Establishment
Hefty Business Unit - Tamaqua, Pennsylvania
Parent company
Reynolds Consumer Products
Street
31 Progress Avenue
City
Tamaqua
State
PA
ZIP
18252
On-site location
Extrusion Department Cell 2
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
180

The injured EE pulled the rope between the winders and held it there until the oscillator homed. Once he felt slack in the rope he began to head toward the extruder.

As he began to head toward the extruder when his foot got caught in the film causing him to fall to the floor.

Closed displaced fracture of the second metatarsal bone of right foot and Lisfranc’s dislocation right.

Plastic film.

Fracture and dislocation to right foot

Job description
Machine Operator
SOC code
51-4199 — Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
NAICS code
326111 — Bags, plastics film, single wall or multiwall, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
302
Total hours worked
624923
EIN
942906693
Establishment ID
59128
Employer case #
2
Date of incident
Shift started
20:00:00.000
Time of incident
0:10:00.000
Submitted
27FEB24:15:45:00

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.