# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Tyson Foods Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016065797` · 6/28/2016 · CARTHAGE, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Posts, bollards, moorings
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Foods Inc.
- **Location:** 3865 Hwy 35 North, CARTHAGE, MISSISSIPPI, 39051
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a pallet jack and was driving through the curtains to the freezer. As he used his right hand to open the curtain, his left hand was caught between the pallet jack handle and a post, smashing his left thumb. He was hospitalized and required thumb surgery.

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