# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Tyson Foods Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025054089` · 5/1/2025 · CARTHAGE, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Drives, belts, chains
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Foods Inc.
- **Location:** 3865 Hwy 35 North, CARTHAGE, MISSISSIPPI, 39051
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting a box machine when his finger was caught by the chain and sprocket and he sustained a fingertip amputation.

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