# Amputations at Tyson Fresh Meats
> OSHA SIR `2019066032` · 6/14/2019 · AMARILLO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Fresh Meats
- **Location:** 5000 FM 1912, AMARILLO, TEXAS, 79120
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was reaching for a hook caught on the side of a carcass with his left hand when his right hand came in contact with the piston of the bone clipper, amputating his right middle fingertip.

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