# Amputations at Starkist Company
> OSHA SIR `2015042382` · 4/27/2015 · PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Bottling, canning, filling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Starkist Company
- **Location:** Main road, PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA, 96799
- **NAICS:** 311711
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning cans from the filler machine when his/her hand was caught in the machine resulting in the amputation of the right 5th finger.

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