# Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss at TYSON FOODS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2024032120` · 3/7/2024 · SEDALIA, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  unspecified
- **Source:** Conveyors belt, slot, chain
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** TYSON FOODS, INC.
- **Location:** 19571 WHITFIELD ROAD, SEDALIA, MISSOURI, 65301
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was having a conversation when their finger was caught inside the center opening of the knuckle conveyor belt resulting in an amputation to the left index fingertip with no bone loss that required reattachment surgery.

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