# Crushing injuries at Tyson Poultry Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20201010199` · 10/27/2020 · SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Poultry Inc.
- **Location:** 600 North Berry Street, SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS, 72764
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Four maintenance technicians were unclogging a vacuum line. When they re-energized the vacuum system, an actuator valve inside the vacuum tube crushed one employee's right hand.

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