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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 mechanic Lead 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
Maintenance Shop
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
26

On [REDACTED] the EE was sweeping in the maintenance shop and lifted a mat off the floor.

On [REDACTED] the EE was sweeping in the maintenance shop and lifted a mat off the floor. While bending and lifting the EE felt a slight pull on his lower right side stomach area. He stated that he felt fine after the incident occurred but a short time later decided to report it to the supervisor in case anything got worse. [REDACTED] the EE stopped in my office and said that he was having pain when he would move certain ways.

Right Inguinal Hernia

Picking up ergonomic mat.

Right Inguinal Hernia

Job description
Mechanic Lead
SOC code
49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
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 #
5
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
17:30:00.000
Submitted
27FEB24:16:04:00

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.