Amputations

Name: Amputations at TYSON FOODS, INC.
Start: 3/17/2019

1 amputation · 2019032804 · 3/17/2019 · 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: Drums, pulleys, sheaves

Employer

Name: TYSON FOODS, INC.
Location: 500 Industrial Drive, STAR CITY, ARKANSAS, 71667
NAICS: 112340
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working in a chick trailer. As he was repositioning a flat hook (on a winch) attached to the last chick tray, the attached cable straightened out. His left hand was caught between the hook and the dolly and his index finger was crushed. The finger was amputated.

Source

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