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OSHA Injury Report: West Hershey Plant

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at West Hershey Plant in Hershey, PA 17033 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was machine Operator in chocolate, confectionery, made from cacao beans.

Establishment
West Hershey Plant
Parent company
The Hershey Company
Street
1033 Old W. Chocolate Ave.
City
Hershey
State
PA
ZIP
17033
On-site location
Line 2 moulding
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
180

Stepping out of cooling tunnel

Felt pain in knee

right knee strain

floor

Employee stepped down from tunnel and felt pain in knee

Job description
Machine Operator
SOC code
51-3099 — Food Processing Workers, All Other
NAICS code
311351 — Chocolate, confectionery, made from cacao beans
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1298
Total hours worked
2561753
EIN
230691590
Establishment ID
804552
Employer case #
1394
Date of incident
Shift started
18:30:00.000
Time of incident
0:00:00.000
Submitted
04JAN24:20:38:00

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.