# Amputations at TYSON FOODS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2020098458` · 9/4/2020 · RUSSELLVILLE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Battery-vehicle
## Employer
- **Name:** TYSON FOODS, INC.
- **Location:** 620 TYLER ROAD, RUSSELLVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72811
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing a forklift battery. When the battery was dropped, the employee's left ring finger was caught between the battery and the battery box and amputated.

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