105,313Records 71,083Employers 85,290Hospitalizations 27,770Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-10-31
Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

TYSON MEXICAN ORIGINAL, INC.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at TYSON MEXICAN ORIGINAL, INC., 2615 S School Ave, FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS 72701 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).

An employee was operating a press machine. He was removing a piece of product stuck to the underside of the press when the fingers on his right hand were pinched between two press plates. The middle and ring fingertips were amputated.

Amputation Fingertip(s) Presses, except printing, unspecified

TYSON MEXICAN ORIGINAL, INC.

An employee was attempting to unclog a pipe in the taco department line between the holding tank and the mixer when their right index finger contacted the ball valve and the pneumatic actuator cycled causing amputation of the finger between the first and second joint.

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