Abstract: At approximately 4:00 p.m. on September 11, 2012, Employee #1, an employee of Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc., was performing 'popped tongue duties' using an approximately 6 in. straight knife. His right hand was under the head of the product when the knife's blade slipped through the head and cut off the pad of his right index finger. Employee #1 admitted to putting on a nylon glove instead of his non-cut glove which was in his pocket. Employee #1 sustained an amputation to his right index fingertip. Employee #1 was transported by ambulance to the University of Iowa Hospital, where bone of the right index finger was filed.