# Cuts, lacerations at Pilgrims Pride
> OSHA SIR `2019099644` · 9/16/2019 · FORT PAYNE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Pilgrims Pride
- **Location:** 2001 Industrial Boulevard SW, FORT PAYNE, ALABAMA, 35968
- **NAICS:** 112340
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading metal racks containing chicks using a hook and winch system. His left hand was caught between a rack and a hook, and his middle and index fingers were lacerated.

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