Tamaqua, PA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Koch's Turkey Farm
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Koch's Turkey Farm in 416 Valley Rd, Tamaqua, PA 18252 resulted in days away from work. Employee was EMT Maintenance Team Member in turkeys, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Koch's Turkey Farm
- Parent company
- Lewistown Valley Enterprises, Inc.
- Street
- 416 Valley Rd
- City
- Tamaqua
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 18252
- On-site location
- end of the Big chiller
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 1
- Days restricted or transferred
- 184
Before the incident
assessing machine repair on chiller
What happened
he needed to remove the motor in order to remove the plate - as he lifted he felt pain in mid lower back
Injury or illness
strain sprain
Object or substance involved
motor
Summary line
was removing motor from the big chiller when lifting it felt pain in mid lower back
Employee and industry
- Job description
- EMT Maintenance Team Member
- SOC code
- 51-3099: Food Processing Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 311615: Turkeys, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 65
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 121,573
- EIN
- 232451655
- Establishment ID
- 646292
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:11
- Time of incident
- 10:36
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-04-02
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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