# Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at Tyson Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024087885` · 8/26/2024 · SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 5807 Mitchell Ave., SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI, 64507
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was holding an actuator valve that was attached to air to keep it open, but it was depressurized and closed on his left middle finger. It amputated the tip of his finger and caused an open avulsion fracture of the last joint and an avulsed fingernail.

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