# Amputations at TYSON FOODS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2015010810` · 1/26/2015 · PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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.

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