Amputations

Name: Amputations at TYSON POULTRY, INC.
Start: 9/16/2023

1 amputation · 2023098561 · 9/16/2023 · TYSON POULTRY, INC.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Slip on substance without fall
Source: Floor, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Liquids, unspecified

Employer

Name: TYSON POULTRY, INC.
Location: 19571 Whitfield Road, SEDALIA, MISSOURI, 65301
NAICS: 424440
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was adjusting a guard on a box sealing machine when they slipped on tea oil, causing their right thumb to get stuck in the chain/sprocket. The distal portion of the employee's right thumb was amputated.

Source

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