# Amputations at Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023043415` · 4/17/2023 · HILLSDALE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.
- **Location:** 28424 38th Ave N, HILLSDALE, ILLINOIS, 61257
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee and a co-worker were operating a side puller machine when the clamps actuated and contacted the employee's left hand, resulting in amputations of the index, middle, and ring fingers.

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