Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1204362.015 - The Hershey Company

Inspection Information - Office: Tennessee Osha Memphis Office - Safety

Inspection Nr: 1204362.015

Report ID: 0454711

Date Opened: 01/17/2017

Site Address:
The Hershey Company
975 Kansas Street
Memphis, TN 38106

Mailing Address:
975 Kansas Street, Memphis, TN 38106

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 311340/Nonchocolate Confectionery Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 01/17/2017

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 05/01/2017

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1175292	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations
Initial Penalty	$2,100	$0	$0	$0	$0	$2,100
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citaton Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Contest	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001	Serious	19100147 C04 I	03/16/2017		$0	$2,100	$0		I - Informal Settlement	Citation has been deleted.

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 92318.015

Event: 01/09/2017

Employee adjusting conveyor belt incurs multiple hand and wr

At 7:15 p.m. on January 9, 2017, Employee #1, employed as a maintenance technician at a candy processing facility, was engaged in cleaning and adjusting a conveyor belt and roller. He was using a scraper to clean candy stuck to the roller when the scraper got caught in the in-going nip point. Employee #1's left hand was pulled into the nip point. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for fractures to his left wrist, left thumb, and left pointer finger, plus lacerations requiring sutures to the left hand web between thumb and pointer finger.

Keywords: Caught In, Cleaning, Conveyor Belt, Finger, Fracture, Hand, Maintenance, Nip Point, Roller Conveyor, Wrist

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1204362.015	27	M	Hospitalized injury		Machinery maintenance occupations

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