# Amputations at Pilgrims Pride Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2021032405` · 3/21/2021 · GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Pilgrims Pride Corporation
- **Location:** 920 Industrial Boulevard, GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA, 30501
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An maintenance employee was assisting with rebuilding a machine when the machine's bottom plate dropped down and caught the employee's right ring finger, 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*