# Amputations at TYSON FOODS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2015031071` · 3/9/2015 · VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** TYSON FOODS, INC.
- **Location:** 802 SOUTH 28TH ST., VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS, 72956
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to clean residue off of the trim take-away conveyor motor with a screw driver. The employee's right index fingertip was amputated.

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