# Amputations at TYSON FOODS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2019032392` · 3/5/2019 · DEXTER, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** TYSON FOODS, INC.
- **Location:** 1001 E.STODDARD, DEXTER, MISSOURI, 63841
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While preparing a gizzard machine for cleaning, an employee suffered amputations to the right middle and ring fingers, as well as an index finger injury that required nailbed repair. The machine was not guarded 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*