Amputations

Name: Amputations at Tyson Fresh Meats
Start: 7/16/2019

1 amputation · 2019077201 · 7/16/2019 · Tyson Fresh Meats

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: Streetcar, trolley, cable car, light rail

Employer

Name: Tyson Fresh Meats
Location: 5000 FM 1912, AMARILLO, TEXAS, 79120
NAICS: 311612
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working on the harvesting floor as a steamback operator. The trolley came into the room and the employee removed it from the track. The employee's fingers were pinched by the trolley wheel and rail and a fingertip was amputated.

Source

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