# Amputations at TYSON FRESH MEATS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2015042245` · 4/22/2015 · EMPORIA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** TYSON FRESH MEATS, INC.
- **Location:** 2101 W. 6TH AVE., EMPORIA, KANSAS, 66801
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An Employee was working on the flat steak line running meats over the skinner when his left thumb was cut on the blade amputating the outside edge and end of the right thumb. A skinner is like a planner that removes the outer layer of the meat.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*