Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss

Name: Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss at Tyson Poultry, Inc
Start: 3/23/2024

1 amputation · 2024032618 · 3/23/2024 · Tyson Poultry, Inc

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury: Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss

Cause

Event: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source: Food slicers
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: Tyson Poultry, Inc
Location: 400 W Olrich, ROGERS, ARKANSAS, 72756
NAICS: 311615
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was unloading a batch of marinated product from a chopper machine bowl when the wheel went down instead of up, pinching their right ring finger between the wheel and the bowl and causing a loss of the finger pad.

Source

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