# Amputations at Tyson Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015021170` · 2/5/2015 · SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 5807 Mitchell Ave., SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI, 64507
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A worker had both hands amputated by a rotating auger while cleaning Mixer 1, in Tunnel 1, on the raw production side of the plant.

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