# Amputations at Tyson Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015085915` · 8/19/2015 · AMARILLO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Drums, pulleys, sheaves
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 5000 N FM 1912, AMARILLO, TEXAS, 79108
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a winch to rehang beef that had fallen off the hook when his finger got caught between the trolley and the rail, amputating the fingertip.

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