# Amputations at Hershey Company Reese Plant
> OSHA SIR `2023031914` · 3/1/2023 · HERSHEY, 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, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Special process machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Hershey Company Reese Plant
- **Location:** 925 Reeses Ave, HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA, 17033
- **NAICS:** 311320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was completing a quality assurance inspection on an airlock blade when their right middle and ring fingers were amputated at the first knuckle.

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