# Amputations at Hershey Creamery Company
> OSHA SIR `2021119529` · 11/3/2021 · HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Hershey Creamery Company
- **Location:** 301 South Cameron Street, HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 17101
- **NAICS:** 311520
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a clog of cookie crumbs from a mixing machine when his glove caught onto the rotating paddles, resulting in amputation of his right middle and ring fingertips. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

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