Amputations

Name: Amputations at Tyson Foods, Inc.
Start: 5/26/2021

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2021054277 · 5/26/2021 · Tyson Foods, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified

Employer

Name: Tyson Foods, Inc.
Location: 6600 Highway 431 South, ALBERTVILLE, ALABAMA, 35950
NAICS: 311615
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was checking a strapping machine that was not working. The employee raised the platform on the strapping machine from the deck and was caught between one of the rollers and the metal platform. The employee suffered an amputation to the right pinky finger and was hospitalized.

Source

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