# Amputations at Tyson Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020021446` · 2/13/2020 · BROKEN BOW, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by shifting load during transport, nonroadway
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 5322 South Park Drive, BROKEN BOW, OKLAHOMA, 74728
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a riding pallet jack, staging a load of pallets. As he was backing the pallets into the staging area, the top pallet came in contact with a concrete pillar. It shifted forward and struck the employee's right hand as it rested on the throttle control of the pallet jack. The employee suffered a compound fracture and laceration to the little finger, resulting in a medical amputation to the finger.

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