# Amputations at Pilgrim's Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2017032113` · 3/7/2017 · MOOREFIELD, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Pilgrim's Corporation
- **Location:** 129 Potomac Ave, MOOREFIELD, WEST VIRGINIA, 26836
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee climbed up onto a machine and reached to remove accumulated chicken parts. The right ring fingertip was amputated by the guarded saw blade.

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