Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Hershey Company Reese Plant, 925 Reese Avenue, HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA 17033
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was clearing a paper jam in a cup maker. The machine's manual wheel was turned, causing a crushing injury to the employee's right hand. The employee suffered an amputation to the index finger.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedSpecial process machinery, unspecified
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