# Amputations at Pilgrim's Pride Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2018076604` · 7/2/2018 · DOUGLAS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Pilgrim's Pride Corporation
- **Location:** 113 McNeal Drive, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA, 31534
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove a bird that was in a neck skinner machine's 6-inch-diameter drain. He had inserted his arm about 14 inches when his hand contacted the machine's enclosed rollers, resulting in the partial amputation of his left ring and pinky fingers.

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