Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Name: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified at Tyson Farms, Inc.
Start: 6/9/2025

1 amputation · 2025065507 · 6/9/2025 · Tyson Farms, Inc.

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: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source: Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
Secondary source: Gloves, handguards except disposable, electric insulating

Employer

Name: Tyson Farms, Inc.
Location: 1019 Shelbyville St, CENTER, TEXAS, 75935
NAICS: 311615
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a vacuum packaging machine. While the employee was extracting film from the machine, a drive chain caught their glove. The employee suffered an amputation to the right thumb tip.

Source

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