# Amputations at Tyson Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019021786` · 2/17/2019 · BLOUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Handtools-powered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 67240 Main Street, BLOUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, 35031
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an air gun to blow and remove crumbs from the drip pan of a conveyor. The conveyor belt struck the air gun, pulling its trigger handle into a fixed conveyor support and pinching the employee's right little fingertip between the handle and the conveyor support.

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