# Amputations at Tyson Farms, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016098292` · 9/1/2016 · GROVEOAK, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Bus
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Farms, Inc.
- **Location:** 257 County Road 19, GROVEOAK, ALABAMA, 35975
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was exiting the bus when he fell backwards striking his hand on and breaking the fan guard. The fan blade cut his finger resulting in a partial amputation of the right pinky finger distal phalanx.

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