# Frostbite at Hanover Foods Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20181212452` · 12/4/2018 · HANOVER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Frostbite
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with cold objects or substances
- **Source:** Propane
- **Secondary source:** Propane tanks and cylinders
## Employer
- **Name:** Hanover Foods Corporation
- **Location:** 1550 York Street, HANOVER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17331
- **NAICS:** 311411
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing a liquid propane tank on a forklift. Gas leaked from the tank and the employee suffered frostbite on the hand.

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