# Amputations at Pilgrim's Pride Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2019055305` · 5/26/2019 · MOOREFIELD, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Pilgrim's Pride Corporation
- **Location:** 129 Potomac Ave, MOOREFIELD, WEST VIRGINIA, 26836
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 5/26/19, at approximately 11:30 p.m., an employee was using a chicken cutting blade to separate a leg quarter from a shackle when the employee's fingers contacted the blade, resulting in right index and middle finger amputations.

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