Amputations

Name: Amputations at TYSON FOODS, INC.
Start: 3/5/2019

1 amputation · 2019032392 · 3/5/2019 · TYSON FOODS, INC.

Severity

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

Cause

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

Employer

Name: TYSON FOODS, INC.
Location: 1001 E.STODDARD, DEXTER, MISSOURI, 63841
NAICS: 311615
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

While preparing a gizzard machine for cleaning, an employee suffered amputations to the right middle and ring fingers, as well as an index finger injury that required nailbed repair. The machine was not guarded at the time of the incident.

Source

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