# Fractures at Pilgrims Pride Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2016042761` · 4/2/2016 · MOUNT PLEASANT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Pilgrims Pride Corporation
- **Location:** 1030 Pilgrims St., MOUNT PLEASANT, TEXAS, 75455
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee attempted to move an electric pallet jack from the battery room. As he turned the pallet jack, his left thumb was caught between the pallet jack handle and a metal concrete pillar. He suffered a compound fracture his left hand, requiring surgery.

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