# Amputations at Tyson Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018032232` · 3/6/2018 · OMAHA, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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.

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