Amputations

Name: Amputations at Tyson Foods, Inc.
Start: 9/19/2016

1 amputation · 2016098867 · 9/19/2016 · Tyson Foods, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Sealing, stapling machinery

Employer

Name: Tyson Foods, Inc.
Location: 1151 East Pine Street, VIENNA, GEORGIA, 31092
NAICS: 311615
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was stacking wrapped chicken tender packages when he noticed chicken tenders that had become lodged in the edge sealer of the packaging machine and attempted to remove them. At that point, the machine activated and the blade of the edge sealer impacted and amputated his right index fingertip.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown