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OSHA Injury Report: Chester A. Asher

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Chester A. Asher in Souderton, PA 18964 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was maintenance Mechanic in chocolate (coating, instant, liquor, syrups) made from purchased chocolate.

Establishment
Chester A. Asher
Parent company
Asher's Chocolates
Street
80 Wambold Rd.
City
Souderton
State
PA
ZIP
18964
On-site location
Mogul Line
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
8

Using a crowbar to pry machinery

While using the crowbar to force the machine to center the crowbar slipped crushing the left ring finger between the crowbar and the machine.

Crush injury to left ring finger

Crowbar and machinery

Using a crowbar to force the machine to center the bar slipped crushing left ring finger between the crowbar and machine.

Job description
Maintenance Mechanic
SOC code
49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
NAICS code
311352 — Chocolate (coating, instant, liquor, syrups) made from purchased chocolate
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
114
Total hours worked
249266
EIN
231639827
Establishment ID
835797
Employer case #
3
Date of incident
Shift started
5:00:00.000
Time of incident
10:30:00.000
Submitted
02APR24:19:30:00

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.