Amputations

Name: Amputations at Tyson Foods, Inc.
Start: 2/13/2018

1 amputation · 2018021511 · 2/13/2018 · Tyson Foods, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified

Employer

Name: Tyson Foods, Inc.
Location: 110 W Freeman Ave, BERRYVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72616
NAICS: 311615
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning batter from a conveyor hopper and amputated the distal end of the left ring finger when it was caught in a pinch point between the belt and a metal guard on the conveyor. The machine was operating and was not locked out at the time.

Source

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