# Amputations at Tyson Foods
> OSHA SIR `2015118495` · 11/11/2015 · ALBERTVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Foods
- **Location:** 6600 Hwy 431, ALBERTVILLE, ALABAMA, 35950
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was washing the floor. She noticed the gizzard table machine was clogged. As she tried to clear the clog, her gloved hand was caught in the auger amputating the right index, middle, and ring fingers.

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