Amputations

Name: Amputations at The Hershey Company
Start: 7/23/2020

1 amputation · 2020076960 · 7/23/2020 · The Hershey Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage

Employer

Name: The Hershey Company
Location: Hershey Technical Center, HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA, 17033
NAICS: 311330
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a mixer during a production run when his right middle finger contacted a rotating screw. The employee sustained a fracture and partial amputation of the right middle finger.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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