# Amputations at Pilgrims
> OSHA SIR `20191212449` · 12/3/2019 · MOUNT PLEASANT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Pilgrims
- **Location:** 1107 Monticello Road, MOUNT PLEASANT, TEXAS, 75455
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sanitizing a neck skinner machine when the machine amputated the employee's right index finger. The machine was not locked/tagged out at the time of the incident.

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