# Amputations at TYSON FOODS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `20181212769` · 12/12/2018 · PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** TYSON FOODS, INC.
- **Location:** 5505 JEFFERSON PARKWAY, PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS, 71602
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had just repaired the breader machine. As the employee reached into the machine to retrieve a tool his thumb was caught between the belt and auger and amputated.

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