# Amputations at Tyson Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017076491` · 7/13/2017 · VIENNA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 1151 East Pine Street, VIENNA, GEORGIA, 31092
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove a piece of chicken from a breast processor sawblade when the employee's right hand contacted the blade, amputating the pinky fingertip and lacerating the other fingers.

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