# Amputations at Pilgrim's Pride Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2016021096` · 2/4/2016 · GUNTERSVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Pilgrim's Pride Corporation
- **Location:** 3500 Lake Guntersville Park Drive, GUNTERSVILLE, ALABAMA, 35976
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working in the saddle pack department taking product off the test line when the actuator activated and amputated the tip of his left thumb.

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