Souderton, PA —
OSHA Injury Report: Chester A. Asher
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Chester A. Asher in Souderton, PA 18964 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was packing Associate in chocolate (coating, instant, liquor, syrups) made from purchased chocolate.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Chester A. Asher
- Parent company
- Asher's Chocolates
- Street
- 80 Wambold Rd.
- City
- Souderton
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 18964
- On-site location
- Packing end of enrobing lines
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 30
Before the incident
The metal detector was not working properly on the line that [REDACTED] was working on so rather that utilize the automated process that typically occurs the packers were all placing candy on layer boards and boxing the candy up to run it through a metal detector on another line.
What happened
Another associate had a layer board filled with candy and placed it in the box that [REDACTED] was holding. She heard a popping sound and started to experience pain in her left shoulder.
Injury or illness
Strain of muscle or tendon at the shoulder upper left arm
Object or substance involved
Added weight being held
Summary line
Strain of muscle or tendon at the shoulder upper left arm
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Packing Associate
- SOC code
- 51-9111 — Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
- 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 #
- 4
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00:00.000
- Submitted
- 02APR24:19:34:00
Source
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.