Amputations

Name: Amputations at Tyson Foods, Inc.
Start: 6/30/2018

1 amputation · 2018066523 · 6/30/2018 · 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 or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name: Tyson Foods, Inc.
Location: 5109 E. Willow Rd, ENID, OKLAHOMA, 73701
NAICS: 493110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a man-up forklift to look at the stuck forks of another forklift, about 15 feet off the ground. The employee's hand touched the stuck forklift's mast, and the slack of the chain dislodged. The chain amputated three of his fingers just below the knuckle.

Source

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