Amputations

Name: Amputations at TYSON FOODS, INC.
Start: 1/26/2015

1 amputation · 2015010810 · 1/26/2015 · TYSON FOODS, INC.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Pumps

Employer

Name: TYSON FOODS, INC.
Location: 5505 JEFFERSON PARKWAY, PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS, 71602
NAICS: 311615
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A positive displacement pump that marinates chicken was clogged. An employee removed the hose that was secured with a clamp and stuck his finger into the pump. The impellers on the pump amputated the tip of the employee's finger.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown