# Amputations at TYSON FOODS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2021119513` · 11/3/2021 · BLOUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Vacuum cleaners
- **Secondary source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** TYSON FOODS, INC.
- **Location:** 67240 MAIN STREET, BLOUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, 35031
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a piece of equipment with a vacuum hose when her index finger was caught between the vacuum hose and the piece of equipment, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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