# Amputations at Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020054693` · 5/20/2020 · AMARILLO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Special process machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.
- **Location:** 5000 FM 1912, AMARILLO, TEXAS, 79108
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting a malfunctioning lift gate. The gate moved downward, crushing the employee's left little finger. The fingertip was amputated without bone loss.

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