# Amputations at TYSON FOODS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017043137` · 4/6/2017 · CENTER, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** TYSON FOODS, INC.
- **Location:** 1019 Shelbyville Street, CENTER, TEXAS, 75935
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee suffered a right middle fingertip amputation while attempting to remove film from a packaging machine. The machine was not guarded at the time.

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