Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at The Hillshire Brands Company a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Tyson Foods, Inc.
Start: 6/17/2025

1 amputation · 2025065765 · 6/17/2025 · The Hillshire Brands Company a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Tyson Foods, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Thumb(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations involving bone loss

Cause

Event: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source: Cooling and humidifying machinery, appliances unspecified
Secondary source: Gates, hatches vehicle and machine cargo

Employer

Name: The Hillshire Brands Company a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Tyson Foods, Inc.
Location: 4612 Speaker Rd., KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, 66106
NAICS: 311612
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On June 17, 2025, at approximately 3:30 p.m., two employees were servicing a refrigeration unit on a roof. The injured employee was inspecting the orientation of a sprocket in a different unit when air pressure generated by the unit caused the door to shut on their right thumb, resulting in an amputation at the first knuckle.

Source

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