# Fractures at Tyson Farms, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022098130` · 9/13/2022 · BLOUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Farms, Inc.
- **Location:** 67240 Main Street, BLOUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, 35031
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a jam in a poultry breading machine. The machine's incline chain caught his left hand, causing fractures and lacerations.

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