# Fractures at Pilgrim's Pride Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2018088280` · 8/13/2018 · RUSSELLVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Pilgrim's Pride Corporation
- **Location:** 2045 HIGHWAY 244, RUSSELLVILLE, ALABAMA, 35654
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking an ice machine when his hand came in contact with an ice auger, lacerating his left thumb and fracturing his index finger.

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