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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

TYSON FOODS INC.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Fractures

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at TYSON FOODS INC., 275 COUNTY RD 278, HOPE, ARKANSAS 71801 on — Fractures , affecting the Forearm(s).

An employee was cleaning a product laydown machine and putting a belt back up when her personal protective equipment was caught by a sprocket and her arm was pulled into the spinning shaft. The employee sustained an open fracture to her right forearm.

Hospitalized Forearm(s) Machinery unspecified

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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Envelope Seal Insulation, Inc

An employee was inspecting a generator whose radiator was leaking. He slipped, and a fan blade in the generator amputated his thumb and index finger.

CFL USA, LLC

A temporary employee turned off a planer machine, opened the housing, and began clearing a jam. The machine's spinning blade caught his right hand and degloved the index finger.

Bull Moose Tube

An employee was using a tool to remove a rag from a roll on the tube mill. The roll pulled the tool and the employee's right hand into the roll, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger and a fracture to the index finger.

US Battery Manufacturing Company, Inc

A casting machine jammed. An employee's hand was caught in the machine, where a belt line caught and amputated the tip of his finger.

Sargento Foods Inc

A production sanitation employee was pre-rinsing an incline conveyor and noticed cheese stuck between the belt idler. The employee went to remove the cheese and their glove got caught and pulled their left forearm into the conveyor. The employee's arm was fractured. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

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).

NATIONAL MILL MAINTENANCE, LLC

An employee was operating an ironworker (steel punching/shearing) machine. A piece of the tooling broke off and struck the employee's neck; a fragment was lodged in his neck. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

On October 25, 2025, an employee was stringing up a new reel of tire tread on a machine. The employee pulled a 6-inch tail and proceeded to spool up the liner. As the machine was jogged to begin the liner wrapping process, the liner caught the employee's glove and pulled their right arm into the liner, causing a fracture to the arm.

Big River Steel, LLC

An employee was doing a cable change on top of an electric overhead traveling (EOT) crane. They were positioned between the cable drum and the drive shaft. While rotating the cable drum, the employee reached for the new cable that was to be installed. The grease fitting on the drive shaft caught their fall harness and pulled them underneath the drive shaft. The employee was pinned between the drive shaft and two pieces of angle steel, resulting in a fracture to their left hip.

American Tile & Marble Co., Inc

An employee was helping two other employees to push a pallet of tile on a loading dock. He suffered a broken fibula and was hospitalized.

Johnson Industrial Coatings, LLC.

On October 5, 2025, an employee was pulling a pressure washer hose when it it disconnected from the cooker. The employee was struck by jets of high-pressure water, resulting in lacerations to their left thigh requiring surgery. The employee was hospitalized.