# Amputations at Pegasus Foods Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `20191212988` · 12/18/2019 · ROCKWALL, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Pegasus Foods Incorporated
- **Location:** 1635 Innovation Drive, ROCKWALL, TEXAS, 75032
- **NAICS:** 311412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to move an aluminum baking rack that was stuck to another rack. A second employee was attempting to help the injured employee un-stick the rack when the racks shifted and crushed the employee's left middle finger between two of the racks. As a result, the employee's left middle fingertip was amputated.

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