Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified at Tyson Foods
Start: 8/22/2024

1 amputation · 2024087733 · 8/22/2024 · Tyson Foods

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event: Collision with stationary object, nonroadway
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
Secondary source: Nonpressurized containers unspecified

Employer

Name: Tyson Foods
Location: 5200 Dakota Ave, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, 68731
NAICS: 311611
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was rigging two hooks together that were attached to a pallet and pulled by a forklift. The employee's finger slid under the secondary hook attached to the forklift and sustained a left index fingertip amputation.

Source

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