# Amputations at Tyson Foods Inc
> OSHA SIR `2016042831` · 4/5/2016 · GREEN FOREST, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
- **Secondary source:** Handtools-power not determined, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Foods Inc
- **Location:** 601 Tyson Dr, GREEN FOREST, ARKANSAS, 72638
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove viscera (guts) with a tool from the machine. The tool he was using was caught in the evisceration machine, and his right ring finger was smashed between the tool and the machine, amputating his fingertip.

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