# Cuts, lacerations at Pilgrims Pride Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2015031309` · 3/19/2015 · MOUNT PLEASANT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Pilgrims Pride Corporation
- **Location:** 1107 Monticello Rd, MOUNT PLEASANT, TEXAS, 75455
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a mechanical arm that accepts or rejects product. He was changing the hose when he lost his balance and fell onto a jagged piece of metal welded to the mechanical equipment. His forearm was cut, causing deep lacerations and severing a tendon.

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