# Amputations at Pegasus Foods Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2019066303` · 6/22/2019 · ROCKWALL, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Racks-garment and other
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Pegasus Foods Incorporated
- **Location:** 1635 Innovation Drive, ROCKWALL, TEXAS, 75032
- **NAICS:** 311412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was carrying a pallet rack upright and went to stack it on top of the forklift forks. The employee's right pinky finger was pinched between the pallet rack and the forklift forks resulting in an amputation injury.

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