# Amputations at TYSON FOODS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2018077641` · 7/27/2018 · SEDALIA, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Motors other than vehicle
- **Secondary source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** TYSON FOODS, INC.
- **Location:** 19571 WHITFIELD ROAD, SEDALIA, MISSOURI, 65301
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a breader's main drive belt motor from its gearbox. When the motor released from the gear box, it fell, crushing the employee's left ring fingertip between the bottom of the motor and the framework of the breader. The finger tip was subsequently medically amputated.

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