Hershey plant worker loses arm in accident
A worker at a Hershey chocolate factory lost her arm when a machine she was cleaning accidentally switched on, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Erica Domen, 32, of Modesto, was cleaning a batter-sifting machine when the accident occurred about 1:20 a.m. Saturday, a spokesman for the state division of OSHA said.
She was working alone on the machine when it caught her hand, removing her arm at the shoulder, police said. Domen was in shock but conscious when police arrived a few minutes later.
Cal-OSHA officials opened an investigation. Domen was taken to Doctor’s Medical Center in Modesto, where hospital officials would not disclose her condition.
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