# Amputations at Pilgrims Pride Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2020021475` · 2/14/2020 · MOUNT PLEASANT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Overhead hoists-electric powered
- **Secondary source:** Battery-vehicle
## Employer
- **Name:** Pilgrims Pride Corporation
- **Location:** 1105 Monticello Rd., MOUNT PLEASANT, TEXAS, 75455
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was switching out the battery on an electric pallet jack using an electric overhead hoist. The employee's finger was caught between the hoist hook and the pallet jack battery resulting in amputation.

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