Crushing injuries

Name: Crushing injuries at Tyson Poultry Inc.
Start: 10/27/2020

1 hospitalization · 20201010199 · 10/27/2020 · Tyson Poultry Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Crushing injuries

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Special process machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Tyson Poultry Inc.
Location: 600 North Berry Street, SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS, 72764
NAICS: 311615
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Four maintenance technicians were unclogging a vacuum line. When they re-energized the vacuum system, an actuator valve inside the vacuum tube crushed one employee's right hand.

Source

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