Fractures

Name: Fractures at TYSON FOODS, INC.
Start: 9/5/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020098473 · 9/5/2020 · TYSON FOODS, INC.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Conveyors-powered, unspecified

Employer

Name: TYSON FOODS, INC.
Location: 5505 JEFFERSON PARKWAY, PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS, 71602
NAICS: 311615
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was manually adjusting a block of frozen product on a conveyor, when his right middle finger was caught between the block and the frame causing a fracture and laceration to his right middle finger that required surgery.

Source

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