OSHA is reporting that an employee injury led federal workplace safety inspectors to discover that employees in a Tyson Foods facility in Texas had been exposed to amputation hazards, high levels of carbon dioxide and peracetic acid without providing personal protective equipment.
Responding to a report of a finger amputation at the Tyson Foods Inc. chicken processing facility in Center, Texas, U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors identified two repeated and 15 serious violations. The company faces $263,498 in proposed fines.