# Amputations at Tyson Foods
> OSHA SIR `2017076735` · 7/19/2017 · CLARKSVILLE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Foods
- **Location:** 301 E. Cherry St., CLARKSVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72830
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a tote of product using an electric jack when the jack handle jerked to the right, pinching and partially amputating the employee's right pinky finger between the handle and the plastic tote.

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