The Hershey Company

Nonclassifiable — Amputations — LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at The Hershey Company in LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA
Employer The Hershey Company Report ID 2015096754
Address 400 Running Pump Road City, State ZIP LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA 17603
Event Date September 15, 2015 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Nonclassifiable Source of Injury Nonclassifiable
Industry (NAICS) 311340 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 40.05000, -76.37000

Incident Narrative

An employee was repairing the weather stripping around a door and amputated the top of the left middle finger.

Incident Summary

On September 15, 2015, a worker at The Hershey Company in LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as nonclassifiable, with nonclassifiable identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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