# Amputations at Tyson Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20211211098` · 12/28/2021 · SOUTH HUTCHINSON, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 9 North Washington Street, SOUTH HUTCHINSON, KANSAS, 67505
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance work on a piece of machinery. The machine's piston activated and caused the amputation of the employee's fingertip. The machine was not locked or tagged out at the time.

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