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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2021076253 · 7/28/2021 · Tyson Fresh Meats Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source
Stacking machinery

Employer

Name
Tyson Fresh Meats Inc.
Location
3105 IBP ROAD, HOLCOMB, KANSAS, 67851
NAICS
311611
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was conducting maintenance on a stacker machine. When the employee adjusted a chain on the machine's conveyor belt, the chain pinched the employee's right index finger and amputated the fingertip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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