Amputations

Name: Amputations at Tyson Foods, Inc.
Start: 3/6/2018

1 amputation · 2018032232 · 3/6/2018 · 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 regular operation
Source: Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery

Employer

Name: Tyson Foods, Inc.
Location: 13027 Renfro Circle, OMAHA, NEBRASKA, 68137
NAICS: 311612
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was trying to wind up plastic on a packaging machine when the employee's right hand was caught in an 18-inch sprocket, resulting in a right index finger amputation.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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