# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c. at Tyson Foods
> OSHA SIR `2018044020` · 4/26/2018 · SHERMAN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Meat grinders
- **Secondary source:** Tools, instruments, and equipment, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Foods
- **Location:** 4700 Hwy 75 South, SHERMAN, TEXAS, 75090
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a tool to unjam a grinder machine when the grinder grabbed the tool and pulled his right hand between the tool and the framework of the grinder, de-gloving his hand and smashing his right ring fingertip. His fingertip was amputated. The machine was not locked/tagged out at the time of the incident.

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