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Hershey Chocolate & Confectionery Corporation

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — ROBINSON, ILLINOIS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Hershey Chocolate & Confectionery Corporation in ROBINSON, ILLINOIS
Employer Hershey Chocolate & Confectionery Corporation Report ID 2021098246
Address 1401 WEST MAIN STREET City, State ZIP ROBINSON, ILLINOIS 62454
Event Date September 24, 2021 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Heating and cooking machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 311340 Inspection # 1555653
GPS Coordinates 39.00000, -87.75000

Incident Narrative

On 09/24/2021, at approximately 4:30 PM, three employees were cleaning a toffee cooker. The toffee cooker consists of an upper plate and a lower plate that are raised and lowered to separate the cooker. The toffee cooker was locked out/tagged out. Once the toffee cooker was cleaned, the gasket was installed and it was ready to be closed up. Lockout/tagout was removed. The injured employee reached to adjust the seal as the lower piece come up into place and their right little finger got caught between the lower plate and the alignment pin, resulting in an amputation below the first knuckle. The machine was not guarded at the time.

Incident Summary

On September 24, 2021, a worker at Hershey Chocolate & Confectionery Corporation in ROBINSON, ILLINOIS suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with heating and cooking machinery and appliances, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

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