# Amputations at Pilgrim's Pride
> OSHA SIR `2019088185` · 8/9/2019 · DE QUEEN, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Pilgrim's Pride
- **Location:** 401 S 3rd St, DE QUEEN, ARKANSAS, 71832
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was getting ready to shut down an overwrap machine when it had a problem with one of the packages. The employee attempted to grab the package and the device that cuts off the wrap severed the tip of the employee's right middle finger.

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