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OSHA Injury Report: Rice Fruit Company

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Rice Fruit Company in 2760 carslisle rd, Gardners, PA 17324 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was packer in seed processing, post-harvest for propagation.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Rice Fruit Company
Parent company
Rice Fruit Company
Street
2760 carslisle rd
City
Gardners
State
PA
ZIP
17324
On-site location
Production Area

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

Packing apples

What happened

Employee has pain in her hands and a stinging sensation on her fingertips (she thinks its from the exposure to wax coating on apples). She also has a circular growth on her right hand pinky that showed up.

Injury or illness

Pain in hand stinging sensation on fingertips circular growth on right hand pinky. No diagnosis was determined.

Object or substance involved

Employee thinks it was due to the wax covering of the apples

Summary line

Employee felt pain in her hands and stinging in her fingertips and has a circular growth on right hand pinky that appeared from apple wax

Employee and industry

Job description
Packer
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
115114 — Seed processing, post-harvest for propagation
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
173
Total hours worked
365436
EIN
231474131
Establishment ID
649519
Employer case #
13

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
12:45
Filing year
2024
Submitted
16JAN2025:17:25:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.