# Amputations at Tyson Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022010097` · 1/6/2022 · ALBERTVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 6600 Highway 431 South, ALBERTVILLE, ALABAMA, 35950
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a jam in a box strapper machine. His left index finger was caught in the chain sprocket on the underside of the machine. He suffered an amputation to the fingertip.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*