Amputations

Name: Amputations at TYSON FOODS, INC.
Start: 12/12/2018

1 amputation · 20181212769 · 12/12/2018 · 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 running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
Source: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: TYSON FOODS, INC.
Location: 5505 JEFFERSON PARKWAY, PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS, 71602
NAICS: 311615
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee had just repaired the breader machine. As the employee reached into the machine to retrieve a tool his thumb was caught between the belt and auger and amputated.

Source

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