# Amputations at Tyson Fresh Meats
> OSHA SIR `2019077201` · 7/16/2019 · AMARILLO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*