# Amputations at Pilgrims Pride
> OSHA SIR `20161211516` · 12/10/2016 · NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Pilgrims Pride
- **Location:** 928 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS, 75964
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking near two chillers and attempted to step over some standing water on the ground when he lost his balance. He went to reach for a pole or bar, but instead his left hand fell into a chain and sprocket assembly, amputating his left middle and index fingers. He was hospitalized and had surgery. The chillers were guarded at the time of the incident.

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