OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221391519

TYSON FOODS, INC.

LEXINGTON, NE· 2021-09-08T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Bandsaw, Blade, Caught By, Contact, Finger, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Sawblade, Shear, Sheared, Slip, Slippery Surface, Struck Against, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 311611
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345531230
Employer profile: TYSON FOODS, INC.
Summary number: 221391519
Report ID: 0728900

Event description

Employee amputates finger, hand slips and contacts sawblade

Investigation abstract

At 10:00 p.m. on September 8, 2021, an employee working for a meat manufacturer was cutting cow chucks with a vertical bandsaw. The employee's right hand slipped and contacted the sawblade. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputation to his index finger.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 30 M

Event type
2

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