Amputations

Name: Amputations at TYSON FOODS
Start: 7/22/2018

1 amputation · 2018077405 · 7/22/2018 · TYSON FOODS

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Special process machinery, unspecified
Secondary source: Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: TYSON FOODS
Location: 1 TYSON AVENUE, NOEL, MISSOURI, 64854
NAICS: 311615
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On 7/22/2018, an employee was moving a piece of equipment when his left thumb was smashed between it and another piece of equipment. As he attempted to pull his thumb out, his left thumb tip was amputated.

Source

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