# Amputations at Asher's Chocolates/Lewistown, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015096638` · 9/11/2015 · SOUDERTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Asher's Chocolates/Lewistown, Inc.
- **Location:** 80 Wambold Road, SOUDERTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18964
- **NAICS:** 311330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sanitizing a chocolate enrober. As he attempted to unjam the chocolate pump, the pump started and amputated his left index fingertip.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*