105,313Records 71,083Employers 85,290Hospitalizations 27,770Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-10-31
Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

Pilgrim's Pride Corporation

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Pilgrim's Pride Corporation, 2045 Highway 244, RUSSELLVILLE, ALABAMA 35654 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..

An employee was washing the shoulder skin machine and was removing a piece of meat stuck in the roller. Her left little finger was caught in the rotating roller and amputated.

Amputation Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. Butchering machinery

Pilgrim's Pride Corporation

On June 6, 2025, at approximately 9:33 PM, a maintenance employee was placing the chain back on a drive wheel of a shackle line when the chain hoist/come along he was using detached from its anchorage point. His right little finger was crushed between the chain hoist/come along and the guard for the drive wheel. The employee sustained an open fracture and partial amputation to the finger.

Pilgrim's Pride Corporation

An employee was in a poultry pen when he slipped and fell onto his back, resulting in a back injury.

Pilgrim's Pride Corporation

An employee was packaging chicken tenders using a vacuum packaging machine. As the employee went to make an adjustment to the package, a seal bar crushed and amputated her left index fingertip.

Pilgrim's Pride Corporation

On August 3, 2023, an employee was walking around the back side of his parked pallet jack when he tripped and fell to the floor sustaining a fractured left femur.

Pilgrim's Pride Corporation

An employee was packing trays into baskets. Upon straightening a package of product that was stuck in the steam tunnel, the employee's finger was caught in the conveyor sprocket. They sustained a partial amputation to the right ring finger.

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An employee was changing a saw blade when the saw machine activated. The employee's left ring and little fingers were amputated.

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An employee was clearing a jam from the label cutting machine when their left middle finger was partially amputated.

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Two employees were repairing the hydraulic engagement pins on a rented front-end wheel loader. The machine controls were activated to move the attachment pins and an employee's finger was caught between the pins and the bushings. Their right index finger was partially amputated.

Guggisberg Cheese, Inc.

An employee was cleaning the conveyor on a piece of equipment when they slipped and their right hand was pulled into the chain sprocket. The employee's fifth fingertip was amputated.

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An employee was throwing blankets onto a blanket folding and stacking machine. A blanket got stuck in the machine and she attempted to remove it when the machine contacted her right little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Pilgrims

An employee was unloading a forklift from a trailer to the ground. The employee was climbing down the ladder of the trailer when their foot slipped through one of the rungs, causing them to fall backward onto the forklift forks. The employee was hospitalized for fractured ribs.

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An employee was troubleshooting a thigh deboner on a poultry processing line. As he worked to dislodge a thigh bone caught in the blade mechanism, the machine amputated the first and second digits on his left hand. He was hospitalized.

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On September 25, 2025, an employee was exiting a yard truck. They slipped and fell approximately 3 feet from the top tread of the steps to the concrete below. The employee sustained a fractured left hip.

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On September 17, 2025, an employee was cleaning a cutting machine when the cutting blade amputated their right index finger below the first knuckle.

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An employee was operating a stand-up forklift, picking product for an order. The forklift struck a metal rack and the employee's left arm was caught between the forklift and the rack. He was hospitalized with a fracture to the neck of his radius and an open fracture to the olecranon (elbow).

Sysco Gulf Coast, LLC

An employee was traveling down the maintenance aisle of a warehouse on a single-pallet front rider jack. The jack malfunctioned, causing the brakes to apply; the employee fell forward onto the concrete warehouse floor. The employee suffered an injury to the left leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Norflex, Inc.

An employee was operating a metal roller machine to roll a small piece of metal. The employee's right index finger became caught between the metal and the machine, and the fingertip was amputated.

Ampler Pizza II LLC

An employee was shot in the leg with a pistol during an altercation with two people who had entered the store without permission.

Birdsong Corporation

An employee was directing a truck driver to a dump site when the truck's peanut trailer slipped off the kingpin. As the trailer fell, a ladder attached to it lacerated the employee's ear. The employee was hospitalized.

Pilgrims

An employee was unloading a forklift from a trailer to the ground. The employee was climbing down the ladder of the trailer when their foot slipped through one of the rungs, causing them to fall backward onto the forklift forks. The employee was hospitalized for fractured ribs.