Amputations

Name: Amputations at TYSON FOODS, INC.
Start: 4/6/2017

1 amputation · 2017043137 · 4/6/2017 · 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, unspecified
Source: Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery

Employer

Name: TYSON FOODS, INC.
Location: 1019 Shelbyville Street, CENTER, TEXAS, 75935
NAICS: 311615
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee suffered a right middle fingertip amputation while attempting to remove film from a packaging machine. The machine was not guarded at the time.

Source

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