# Amputations at Tyson Farms, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20231211329` · 12/12/2023 · ALBERTVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Farms, Inc.
- **Location:** 6600 Highway 431 South, ALBERTVILLE, ALABAMA, 35950
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A wing had jammed between the knuckle belt of the cone line and the non-stick guide creating a gap. When an employee removed the wing, the gap between the belt guide and the knuckle belt closed on their right middle finger. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

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