# Amputations at Hershey Foods Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2019043969` · 4/17/2019 · HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Hershey Foods Corporation
- **Location:** 925 REESE AVENUE, HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA, 17033
- **NAICS:** 311340
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was servicing a wrapper machine when it cycled or shifted unexpectedly, catching his right middle finger between the chain and sprocket. His right middle fingertip was amputated.

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