# Amputations at Tyson Poultry Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020032680` · 3/23/2020 · NORCROSS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
- **Secondary source:** Special process machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Poultry Inc.
- **Location:** 340 West Maple Street, NORCROSS, GEORGIA, 30003
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a roll of film into place. The roll of film dropped, and his right index finger was caught between the roll positioning rod and the framework of the machine he was placing it on. The fingertip was partially amputated.

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