# Amputations at Pearl River Foods, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021108919` · 10/16/2021 · CARTHAGE, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
- **Source:** Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c
## Employer
- **Name:** Pearl River Foods, LLC
- **Location:** 1012 Progress Drive, CARTHAGE, MISSISSIPPI, 39051
- **NAICS:** 424440
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was riding on the back of the yard dog in front of the trailer. The yard dog jackknifed into a ditch and the employee jumped. The employee suffered an injury that resulted in amputation of the lower left leg.

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