# Amputations at Tyson Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015030384` · 3/23/2015 · JEFFERSON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Meat grinders
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 1 Rock River Road, JEFFERSON, WISCONSIN, 53549
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's left index finger was crushed/amputated by a grinder piston while working on the finish grinder. There was no guarding on the piston at the time of the incident.

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