# Amputations at The Hershey Company
> OSHA SIR `2020076960` · 7/23/2020 · HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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.

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