# Amputations at Pilgrim's Pride Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2017076322` · 7/10/2017 · MOUNT PLEASANT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-chain
## Employer
- **Name:** Pilgrim's Pride Corporation
- **Location:** 1000 Pilgrim Street, MOUNT PLEASANT, TEXAS, 75456
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting a chain back on a conveyor line when the conveyor was activated and amputated two of the employee's fingertips. The equipment was not locked out at the time.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*