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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 packing Associate 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
Packing end of enrobing lines
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
30

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.

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.

Strain of muscle or tendon at the shoulder upper left arm

Added weight being held

Strain of muscle or tendon at the shoulder upper left arm

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
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Submitted
02APR24:19:34:00

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.