# Amputations at Tyson Foods Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017098581` · 9/6/2017 · LEXINGTON, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Foods Inc.
- **Location:** 1500 Plum Creek Parkway, LEXINGTON, NEBRASKA, 68850
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping a coworker guide a metal basket into a tilling tank. The employee's left index finger became stuck in one of the basket holes as the basket brushed against the frame of the machine, amputating the fingertip.

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