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Amputations

1 amputation · 2021065200 · 6/25/2021 · TYSON FOODS

Severity

Hospitalized
0
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
Special process machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
TYSON FOODS
Location
5807 MITCHELL AVE, SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI, 64505
NAICS
311615
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was preparing to break down a machine to clean meat out of the actuator valve when the valve cycled and amputated the employee's right index finger down to the first knuckle.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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