# Amputations at Tyson Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015085827` · 8/16/2015 · AMARILLO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 5000 N FM 1912, AMARILLO, TEXAS, 79108
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

When an employee made a turn while operating a forklift, the forklift got too close to the wall and caught the employee's finger between the forklift and a hydraulic pipe along the wall. The employee's finger was amputated.

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