# Amputations at Hanover Foods Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2017076450` · 7/13/2017 · CENTRE HALL, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Hanover Foods Corporation
- **Location:** 3008 Penns Valley Pike, CENTRE HALL, PENNSYLVANIA, 16828
- **NAICS:** 311421
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was rebuilding a snipper drum that was elevated. When the employee released the drum, it fell and pinched his right middle finger, amputating the fingertip.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*