Bluffton, IN —
OSHA Injury Report: Hersheys Salty Snacks
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Hersheys Salty Snacks in Bluffton, IN 46714 resulted in days away from work. Employee was packer in pretzels (except soft) manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Hersheys Salty Snacks
- Parent company
- Pretzels Inc, (Hershey Salty Snacks)
- Street
- 123 Harvest Road
- City
- Bluffton
- State
- IN
- ZIP
- 46714
- On-site location
- Pretzels Packing
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 47
- Days restricted or transferred
- 26
Before the incident
Employee was clearing product from a conveyor belt
What happened
Employee did not power down the conveyor while clearing product from the moving conveyor and their outer garment got caught on the moving machinery.
Injury or illness
Cut Laceration fracture of left forearm
Object or substance involved
Machinery
Summary line
Cut Laceration Puncture Fracture Left arm directly harmed by miscellaneous machinery
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Packer
- SOC code
- 51-9111 — Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
- NAICS code
- 311919 — Pretzels (except soft) manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 388
- Total hours worked
- 831928
- EIN
- 471254894
- Establishment ID
- 1080129
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 9:10
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 27JAN2025:14:00:00
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.