# Amputations at TYSON FOODS, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181212797` · 12/13/2018 · FOREST, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** TYSON FOODS, Inc.
- **Location:** 1225 JACK LEE DRIVE, FOREST, MISSISSIPPI, 39074
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to get a package on the conveyor belt and caught their left hand in the belt resulting in a partial amputation of the pinky finger at the second knuckle.

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