# Amputations at Pilgrim's Pride
> OSHA SIR `2015129790` · 12/29/2015 · DE QUEEN, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Pilgrim's Pride
- **Location:** 401 S 3rd St, DE QUEEN, ARKANSAS, 71832
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Maintenance employees were working on the leg quarter conveyor belt.  They made and placed a steel bracket/guide above a chain like belt where it made a 20-30 degree bend around a corner to prevent the belt from popping off.  While the belt was running, the injured employee saw there was a rough edge on top of the bracket/guide, so the employee reached to feel the top of the bracket/guide and his hand was pinched between the belt and the guide.  His left thumb was amputated above the knuckle.

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