# Amputations at The Hershey Company
> OSHA SIR `2021010124` · 1/6/2021 · HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Special process machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** The Hershey Company
- **Location:** 6 SCOTCH PINE DRIVE, HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18202
- **NAICS:** 311330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was training a mechanic when he opened an interlock door to show the interior of the machine to the trainee. He used a flashlight to see inside the machine and his right index finger got caught in a moving belt and pulley, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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