# Amputations at Gertrude Hawk Chocolates, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017043321` · 4/12/2017 · DUNMORE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Textiles, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Gertrude Hawk Chocolates, Inc.
- **Location:** 9 Keystone Industrial Park, DUNMORE, PENNSYLVANIA, 18512
- **NAICS:** 311351
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning grease from a sprocket with a rag when the rag got caught in the sprocket and pulled the employee's fingers into the sprocket and chain. The employee's right index and middle fingers were partially amputated.

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