# Amputations at Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc, Tanning
> OSHA SIR `2015096390` · 9/2/2015 · HILLSDALE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc, Tanning
- **Location:** 28424 38th Ave N, HILLSDALE, ILLINOIS, 61257
- **NAICS:** 316110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was handling hides to get them in the deflesher when the "gripper" jaws opened and shut on the employee's left pinky. The employee sustained a soft tissue amputation of the left pinky finger.

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