# Amputations at Pilgrims Pride
> OSHA SIR `2015063744` · 6/17/2015 · NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Pallet jack-nonpowered
- **Secondary source:** Walls
## Employer
- **Name:** Pilgrims Pride
- **Location:** 928 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS, 75961
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee, operating a pallet jack, was walking with the jack and exiting a room. While exiting, the employee's hand was pinched between the wall and the handle of the pallet jack, amputating the tip of his left pinky finger.

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