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

Tyson Foods, Inc.

Injured by object held or wielded by person · Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Tyson Foods, Inc., 1225 Jack Lee Dr, FOREST, MISSISSIPPI 39074 on — Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures, affecting the Hand(s), except finger(s).

An employee was scoring chicken tenders using one side of a dual blade wing rounder knife when it impaled their left hand.

Hospitalized Hand(s), except finger(s) Knives

TYSON FOODS, INC.

On September 3, 2025, an employee was leaving a facility at the end of her shift. As she was going through the exit doors of the facility, she tripped on the door seal and fell, resulting in a fractured right hip that required hospitalization and surgery.

Tyson Foods, Inc.

An employee was unloading cattle from a pen to the main drive alley. While the employee was inside the pen, a cow rammed her and knocked her down. The employee sustained a contusion to her right upper torso and three fractured ribs.

Tyson Foods Inc.

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

Tyson Foods, Inc.

An employee was operating a blender in the ground beef department when frozen meat became trapped in the blender. The employee was removing the stuck meat when his right ring finger was caught in the machine, resulting in medical amputation of the finger.

TYSON FOODS, INC.

An employee was watching as a frozen pipe was being thawed using heated water from a tank. Hot water was discharged from the top of the tank and burned the employee's upper body and face.

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Circle Graphics, Inc.

An employee was removing packaging from a roll of printing substrate. The blade of their utility knife got stuck. The employee used both hands to free the knife and the blade partially amputated their left little fingertip.

Spellman High Voltage Electronics Corporation - Valhalla

An employee was disassembling a pressurized unit using a driver drill. When the unit was disassembled, it caused a kickback from the tube head, causing the drill to strike the employee's left forearm. They sustained a diaphyseal fracture to their left radius and ulna, which required surgery.

CONTAINER GRAPHICS CORP

An employee was using a box cutter when it cut the tip of his left thumb resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Village Plumbing, Air & Electric

While working at a customer's residence, an employee was cutting tape with a box cutter to wrap insulation for a piece of pipe. The box cutter struck a hardened object within the wall causing it to bounce back and puncture the employee's right eye. The employee was hospitalized.

Rock Labor LLC

An employee was using the pipe-and-wrench method to loosen a seized bolt on a roof truss. A technician from another company was on the other side of the truss doing the same action with the same method. The employee's socket slipped off the bolt and his left hand was crushed against the truss, resulting in injuries to the index and little fingers, requiring hospitalization, surgery, and amputation of the index finger.

Pilgrims

An employee was unloading a forklift from a trailer to the ground. The employee was climbing down the ladder of the trailer when their foot slipped through one of the rungs, causing them to fall backward onto the forklift forks. The employee was hospitalized for fractured ribs.

Lincoln Premium Poultry, LLC

An employee was troubleshooting a thigh deboner on a poultry processing line. As he worked to dislodge a thigh bone caught in the blade mechanism, the machine amputated the first and second digits on his left hand. He was hospitalized.

Tyson Poultry, Inc.

On September 25, 2025, an employee was exiting a yard truck. They slipped and fell approximately 3 feet from the top tread of the steps to the concrete below. The employee sustained a fractured left hip.

Custom Craft Poultry

On September 17, 2025, an employee was cleaning a cutting machine when the cutting blade amputated their right index finger below the first knuckle.

Koch Foods of Mississippi, LLC

An employee was operating a stand-up forklift, picking product for an order. The forklift struck a metal rack and the employee's left arm was caught between the forklift and the rack. He was hospitalized with a fracture to the neck of his radius and an open fracture to the olecranon (elbow).

Howard Industries Inc.

An employee was checking a pole-type transformer tank for leaks. A hydraulic clamping device was lowered onto his right thumb and crushed it against the sharp edge of the bottom of the tank. He suffered a partial transphalangeal amputation to the thumb.

Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.

The injured employee was standing behind a table. She jumped out to scare another employee, but tripped and fell on the tile floor, injuring her right ankle/foot. She was hospitalized with a dislocated ankle that required surgery.

Owl's Head Alloys West Point

An employee was going into a trailer to mark product for shipment and the trailer pulled away from the dock. The employee fell out of the trailer, contacted the dock plate, and then fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a punctured lung, fractured ribs, and contusions.

Ingalls Shipbuilding

An employee was hooking up bundled tie-downs with a chain. While he was holding a hook, the other hook was unlocked. This caused the employee's hook to slide down and pinch his right index finger between the chain and the shackle. He suffered an amputation to the fingertip (without bone loss), as well as an open fracture.

Heavy Equipment Movers and Installation, LLC

An employee was operating a gas tugger to lift metal sheeting. His left hand was pulled into the pulley, which crushed his left thumb, resulting in avulsions and other tissue damage. He was hospitalized and required surgery.