Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c. · Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Tyson Foods, 4700 U.S. Hwy 75 South , SHERMAN, TEXAS 75090
on — Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee had just finished unloading a pallet of product. The employee picked up the empty wood pallet to place it on top of the stack of empties and got a splinter in their right hand. The next day, the employee was hospitalized due to an infection in the hand.
An employee was trimming beef when the knife came out of his hands and punctured his abdomen as he went to grab it. The employee sustained an open abdominal wound with no internal injuries.
An employee was rigging two hooks together that were attached to a pallet and pulled by a forklift. The employee's finger slid under the secondary hook attached to the forklift and sustained a left index fingertip amputation.
An employee was helping mechanics remove a piece of iron from an airlock. The employee was approximately 3 feet up on a ladder when he dropped a wrench, which struck the handle of the steam line valve. The valve opened and steam sprayed onto the employee, causing burns to both inner thighs and his lower abdomen.
An employee was bending over, setting up a pallet on the floor. As she stood up, she lost balance, slipped, and fell to the floor, sustaining a fractured right ankle.
An employee was operating a forklift and scanning a barcode. The employee went to exit the lift when his left foot struck the edge of the lift, causing him to fall to the floor. The employee was hospitalized for a hip fracture.
An employee was using a circular saw to cut flashing. He was finished with the cut and started walking away when his fall protection ropes became entangled in the saw and the saw was pulled into his leg. The employee sustained a left hamstring laceration.
An employee had finished sharpening a knife on the grinding wheel and was returning it when he lost grip of the handle. As the employee reached to catch the it, his abdomen was lacerated by the knife blade in the right lower quadrant.
An employee was removing an ambulance off a lift jack when the pressure against the jack caused the handle to kick upward, striking the employee on the left side of the head, neck, and jaw. The employee suffered injuries that required hospitalization.
An employee was installing a flange on an evaporator skid. The employee was holding the bar of a torque wrench when his hand was caught in the pinch point as another employee turned the wrench. He suffered a right middle fingertip amputation.
An employee was using a hand grinder to eliminate discrepancies on columns around the project when the grinder jumped and came out of the employee's hands. They sustained a little finger amputation.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 311612)
After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.
An employee was using a de-clipping machine to cut the metal clips off of sausage sticks. As the employee put a link of sausages into the machine, their hand slipped into the point of operation. A piston pinched the employee's left index finger, causing a partial amputation.
An employee was operating a small tabletop grinder in a food safety quality assurance lab. She was stuffing meat down the grinder's chute when the grinder caught her right hand. Its auger caused an amputation to her middle finger and a partial amputation to her index finger.
A maintenance employee was removing an inspection plate from an industrial cooker. Hot liquid spilled onto him and burned his hands, arms, and torso area. He was hospitalized.
After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.
An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.