THE HERSHEY COMPANY
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA
| Employer | THE HERSHEY COMPANY | Report ID | 2021109166 |
| Address | 1033 OLD WEST CHOCOLATE AVENUE | City, State ZIP | HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA 17033 |
| Event Date | October 24, 2021 | Outcome | Amputation |
| Nature of Injury | Amputations | Body Part | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified |
| Event Type | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Source of Injury | Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery |
| Industry (NAICS) | 311330 | Inspection # | 1560275 |
| GPS Coordinates | 40.26000, -76.63000 | ||
Incident Narrative
An employee was performing maintenance on a wrapping machine. The machine crushed the employee's hands and caused a partial amputation of the left index finger. The machine was not locked out at the time.
Incident Summary
On October 24, 2021, a worker at THE HERSHEY COMPANY in HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.
Context
OSHA has recorded 5,298 severe injury reports involving "Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning" incidents in our database. Browse all Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning injuries.
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