# Amputations at Tyson Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021119666` · 11/8/2021 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
- **Secondary source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 3548 N. Kostner Avenue, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60641
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting a co-worker with separating plastic tote bins when the upper tote bin slipped and crushed the employee's finger, resulting in a laceration and a fingertip amputation.

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