# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c. at Tysons Foods
> OSHA SIR `2022098414` · 9/23/2022 · VERNON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food slicers
## Employer
- **Name:** Tysons Foods
- **Location:** 700 Wheeler St., VERNON, TEXAS, 76384
- **NAICS:** 112320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 23, 2022, a Tyson Prepared Foods employee was disassembling a bacon-slicing machine. When the employee tried to remove residual product from the belt and hold-down roller, the machine's blade caused amputations to the employee's middle and ring fingers and an avulsion to the index finger.

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