# Amputations at TYSON POULTRY, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2023098561` · 9/16/2023 · SEDALIA, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Slip on substance without fall
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Liquids, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** TYSON POULTRY, INC.
- **Location:** 19571 Whitfield Road, SEDALIA, MISSOURI, 65301
- **NAICS:** 424440
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting a guard on a box sealing machine when they slipped on tea oil, causing their right thumb to get stuck in the chain/sprocket. The distal portion of the employee's right thumb was amputated.

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