# Amputations at Tyson Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021054277` · 5/26/2021 · ALBERTVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 6600 Highway 431 South, ALBERTVILLE, ALABAMA, 35950
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking a strapping machine that was not working. The employee raised the platform on the strapping machine from the deck and was caught between one of the rollers and the metal platform. The employee suffered an amputation to the right pinky finger and was hospitalized.

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