# Amputations at TYSON FOODS
> OSHA SIR `2018099827` · 9/22/2018 · MONETT, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** TYSON FOODS
- **Location:** 800 COUNTY ROAD, MONETT, MISSOURI, 65708
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bagging frozen leg quarters with a machine and was attempting to remove a jammed staple when the machine activated and the employee's thumb pad was partially amputated.

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