Amputations

Name: Amputations at Tyson Foods, Inc.
Start: 8/16/2015

1 amputation · 2015085827 · 8/16/2015 · Tyson Foods, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Secondary source: Pipes, ducts, tubing, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Tyson Foods, Inc.
Location: 5000 N FM 1912, AMARILLO, TEXAS, 79108
NAICS: 311612
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

When an employee made a turn while operating a forklift, the forklift got too close to the wall and caught the employee's finger between the forklift and a hydraulic pipe along the wall. The employee's finger was amputated.

Source

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