Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Tyson Farms, Inc., 1019 Shelbyville St, CENTER, TEXAS 75935
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was operating a vacuum packaging machine. While the employee was extracting film from the machine, a drive chain caught their glove. The employee suffered an amputation to the right thumb tip.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
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