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OSHA Injury Report: The Hershey Company - Lancaster Facility

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at The Hershey Company - Lancaster Facility in Lancaster, PA 17603 resulted in days away from work. Employee was material Handler in confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing.

Establishment
The Hershey Company - Lancaster Facility
Parent company
The Hershey Company
Street
400 Running Pump Rd
City
Lancaster
State
PA
ZIP
17603
On-site location
conventional packaging
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
26

repetitive motion- reaching and bending to pack [REDACTED] in boxes

employee was packing a bulk box of candy when they felt a sudden sharp pain in the lower back area

sprain strain lower back

product- packing candy bags

sprain strain to the lower back from packing product

Job description
Material Handler
SOC code
53-7062 — Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
NAICS code
311340 — Confectionery, nonchocolate, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
617
Total hours worked
1159547
Establishment ID
869050
Employer case #
FY23-01445
Date of incident
Shift started
23:00:00.000
Time of incident
2:00:00.000
Submitted
24JAN24:21:48:00

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.