Hershey Chocolate & Confectionery Corporation
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified — ROBINSON, ILLINOIS
| Employer | Hershey Chocolate & Confectionery Corporation | Report ID | 2024043493 |
| Address | 1401 WEST MAIN STREET | City, State ZIP | ROBINSON, ILLINOIS 62454 |
| Event Date | April 22, 2024 | Outcome | Amputation |
| Nature of Injury | Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified | Body Part | Other finger(s) n.e.c. |
| Event Type | Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing | Source of Injury | Food and beverage processing machinery n.e.c. |
| Secondary Source | Secondary source not applicable | ||
| Industry (NAICS) | 311351 | Inspection # | 1744146 |
| GPS Coordinates | 39.00000, -87.75000 | ||
Incident 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.
Incident Summary
On April 22, 2024, a worker at Hershey Chocolate & Confectionery Corporation in ROBINSON, ILLINOIS suffered amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified to the other finger(s) n.e.c.. The incident was classified as struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing, with food and beverage processing machinery n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.
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