Amputations

Name: Amputations at Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.
Start: 5/30/2021

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2021054391 · 5/30/2021 · Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
Source: Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
Secondary source: Conveyors-belt

Employer

Name: Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.
Location: 3105 N IBP Rd., HOLCOMB, KANSAS, 67851
NAICS: 311612
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was maneuvering a product cart with his hands on the sides of the cart. As he was doing so, the employee's left pinky finger got caught between the cart and the edge of a metal guard on a conveyor belt resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Source

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