# Amputations at TYSON FOODS
> OSHA SIR `2018077405` · 7/22/2018 · NOEL, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Special process machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** TYSON FOODS
- **Location:** 1 TYSON AVENUE, NOEL, MISSOURI, 64854
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 7/22/2018, an employee was moving  a piece of equipment when his left thumb was smashed between it and another piece of equipment. As he attempted to pull his thumb out, his left thumb tip was amputated.

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