# Amputations at Chester A. Asher
> OSHA SIR `20171212274` · 12/28/2017 · SOUDERTON, 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:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Chester A. Asher
- **Location:** 80 Wambold Road, SOUDERTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18964
- **NAICS:** 722310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a fudge depositor machine when his finger entered the auto fill valve while the machine was still energized, resulting in his finger being cut/amputated.

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