Pilgrim?s Pride Corporation

Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. — Amputations — NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Pilgrim?s Pride Corporation in NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS
Employer Pilgrim?s Pride Corporation Report ID 2019032335
Address 928 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. City, State ZIP NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS 75964
Event Date March 4, 2019 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. Source of Injury Butchering machinery
Industry (NAICS) 311615 Inspection # 1388439
GPS Coordinates 31.59000, -94.64000

Incident Narrative

An employee was picking up a basket of product from the floor. The segmenter blade in a wing separator machine amputated his left middle and ring fingers and part of his little finger.

Incident Summary

On March 4, 2019, a worker at Pilgrim?s Pride Corporation in NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c., with butchering machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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