# Cuts, lacerations at TYSON FOODS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2018076854` · 7/9/2018 · DEXTER, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** TYSON FOODS, INC.
- **Location:** 1001 E.STODDARD, DEXTER, MISSOURI, 63841
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to repair a deboning machine when it lacerated the employee's left ring finger, requiring hospitalization and surgery. The machine was operating 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*