# Amputations at Tyson Prepared Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016042862` · 4/6/2016 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **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:** Food slicers
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Prepared Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 4114 Mint Way, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75237
- **NAICS:** 424420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to remove pepperoni that was jammed in the guard of a slicer. As he pulled out the pepperoni, his hand was caught in the slicer blade. His right hand index, middle, and ring fingers were amputated.

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