# Avulsions, enucleations at Tyson Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018099204` · 9/6/2018 · AMARILLO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 5000 N FM 1912, AMARILLO, TEXAS, 79108
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

After cleaning a conveyor belt, an employee noticed something in the belt and was attempting to pull it out when her hand was caught in the sprocket. The skin was removed from the top of her hand. The belt was re-energized 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*