# Amputations at TYSON FOODS
> OSHA SIR `2020032485` · 3/16/2020 · SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Barrels, drums-except pressurized
## Employer
- **Name:** TYSON FOODS
- **Location:** 5807 MITCHELL AVE, SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI, 64505
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While moving 55-gallon drums from one pallet to a storage pallet, a barrel slipped and an employee's hand was caught between two barrels, amputating part of the right middle finger.

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