# Fractures at Tyson Poultry, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022087229` · 8/15/2022 · PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Poultry, Inc.
- **Location:** 5505 JEFFERSON PARKWAY, PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS, 71602
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing product from a drip pan under a conveyor. He braced himself with his left hand on the conveyor framework near the drum motor. His left glove became caught on the outside of the drum motor causing his hand to be pulled in between the belt and the drum motor resulting in a laceration to the hand and a fractured middle finger.

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