# Amputations at TYSON FOODS INC
> OSHA SIR `2021032440` · 3/22/2021 · SEDALIA, 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:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** TYSON FOODS INC
- **Location:** 19571 Whifield Road, SEDALIA, MISSOURI, 65301
- **NAICS:** 424440
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing a breader. The employee was unjamming a clog from it when its incline chain paddles struck the employee's left hand. The employee suffered an amputation to part of the middle finger.

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