Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified at Hershey Equipment Company, Inc
Start: 8/20/2025

1 amputation · 2025088319 · 8/20/2025 · Hershey Equipment Company, Inc

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event: Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source: Manure cleaning, scraping equipment
Secondary source: Drives, belts, chains

Employer

Name: Hershey Equipment Company, Inc
Location: 1190 Tapeworm Road, NEW OXFORD, PENNSYLVANIA, 17350
NAICS: 423820
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was replacing a manure belt in an egg producing poultry house. He was using a mechanical roller and a steel cable to pull (remove) the old manure belt. The employee's ring and little fingertips were pinched between the roller and the cable resulting in partial amputations above the top knuckle.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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