Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified at Hershey Chocolate & Confectionery Corporation
Start: 4/22/2024

1 amputation · 2024043493 · 4/22/2024 · Hershey Chocolate & Confectionery Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Other finger(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event: Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source: Food and beverage processing machinery n.e.c.
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: Hershey Chocolate & Confectionery Corporation
Location: 1401 WEST MAIN STREET, ROBINSON, ILLINOIS, 62454
NAICS: 311351
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On April 22, 2024, at about 8:20 AM, an employee was cleaning fudge and caramel build-up from the underside of the grate of a peanut chain conveyor on a forming machine. The conveyor caught their right index fingertip between a puck and the metal opening to the conveyor tube, resulting in an amputation.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown