# Amputations at Tyson Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023087453` · 8/15/2023 · OMAHA, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cooling and humidifying machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 13076 Renfro Circle, OMAHA, NEBRASKA, 68137
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a seal that had come off of its track and became wedged between the drum and safety guarding on a chiller machine. When the seal came free, the safety guarding snapped back into position, amputating the employee's right middle fingertip. The machine was locked out/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*