Amputations

Name: Amputations at TYSON FOODS INC
Start: 3/22/2021

1 amputation · 2021032440 · 3/22/2021 · TYSON FOODS INC

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: TYSON FOODS INC
Location: 19571 Whifield Road, SEDALIA, MISSOURI, 65301
NAICS: 424440
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was repairing a breader. The employee was unjamming a clog from it when its incline chain paddles struck the employee's left hand. The employee suffered an amputation to part of the middle finger.

Source

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