# Amputations at Hershey Salty Snacks
> OSHA SIR `2023098430` · 9/12/2023 · EDGERTON, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
- **Secondary source:** Trash compactors
## Employer
- **Name:** Hershey Salty Snacks
- **Location:** 32180 W 191st St., EDGERTON, KANSAS, 66030
- **NAICS:** 311919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dumping trash into the compactor from a rolling utility tilt cart. While lowering the utility cart from the tilted position to dump the trash, the employee s right little finger was caught between the cart s metal frame and the compactor frame. The employee suffered a fingertip amputation.

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