Fractures

Name: Fractures at The Hershey Company
Start: 5/13/2021

1 hospitalization · 2021053952 · 5/13/2021 · The Hershey Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Forearm(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Metalworking lathes
Secondary source: Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name: The Hershey Company
Location: 6 Scotch Pine Drive, HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18202
NAICS: 311320
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a piece of emery cloth to polish a metal part that was rotating on a lathe. The part caught the employee's glove, and the lathe broke the employee's right forearm.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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