# Amputations at Pilgrim's Pride Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20201010066` · 10/22/2020 · GUNTERSVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
- **Secondary source:** Handtools-power not determined, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Pilgrim's Pride Corporation
- **Location:** 3500 Lake Guntersville Park Drive, GUNTERSVILLE, ALABAMA, 35976
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a tool to reach for a "kicked out" chicken that fell into the drip pan. The end of the tool caught on a shackle and was pulled down the shackle line. The tool's handle pinched the employee's left ring finger against the other shackle(s) resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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