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Amputations

1 amputation · 2021032500 · 3/24/2021 · Tyson Poultry, INC

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Tyson Poultry, INC
Location
400 West Olrich, ROGERS, ARKANSAS, 72756
NAICS
311615
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on the frame of a forming machine. When the employee closed the slatted frame, his right ring finger was pinched between it and the outside shoe bellows clamp. He suffered a partial amputation to the fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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