Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1571518.015 - Tyson Foods, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Wichita Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1571518.015

Report ID: 0729700

Date Opened: 12/30/2021

Site Address:
Tyson Foods, Inc.
9 North Washington Street
South Hutchinson, KS 67505

Mailing Address:
Po Box 1570, Hutchinson, KS 67504

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 311612/Meat Processed from Carcasses

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 01/07/2022

Emphasis: N:Amputate

Case Closed: 01/25/2023

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1847859	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations
Initial Penalty	$14,502	$0	$0	$0	$0	$14,502
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citaton Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Contest	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001	Serious	19100147 D04 I	03/18/2022	04/13/2022	$0	$14,502	$0	04/08/2022	F - Formal Settlement	Citation has been deleted.

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 142547.015

Event: 12/28/2021

Employee amputates fingertip while repairing energized machi

At 3:00 p.m. on December 28, 2021, an employee was troubleshooting the bone eliminator portion of a final meat grinding machine which was not pushing the bone out as designed. The employee was attempting to determine whether the air valve was not working, if the bone eliminator was not working, or if there was an open hole in the airline. The employee had not locked out/tagged out the machine. Instead, the employee told a coworker to shut the valve off. As the coworker tryed to shut the valve off, the employee, thinking the valve was already shut off, held onto the end of a piston and tried to push it back in when it activated, retracted and pulled his finger inside. The employee crushed his finger, amputating his fingertip and requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Air Pressure, Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Engineering Controls, Finger, Fingertip, Food processing, High Pressure, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Maintenance, Meat Grinder, Meat Processing, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Partial Amputation, Pinched, Pulled In, Troubleshooting

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1571518.015	22	M	Hospitalized injury		Not specified mechanics and repairers

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