# Amputations at Tyson Fresh Meats Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016087982` · 8/24/2016 · HOLCOMB, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Fresh Meats Inc.
- **Location:** 3105 IBP Road, HOLCOMB, KANSAS, 67851
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating the bagging machine and got the right pinky finger caught when the machine cycled resulting in a partial amputation.

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