Crushing injuries

Name: Crushing injuries at Tyson Foods
Start: 3/13/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018032485 · 3/13/2018 · Tyson Foods

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Crushing injuries

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Tyson Foods
Location: 6350 Browning Court, NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, 76180
NAICS: 311612
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was sanitizing equipment when a moving belt caught and crushed the employee's right hand (first three fingers). The equipment was not locked/tagged out at the time.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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