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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2016098463 · 9/7/2016 · Samoa Tuna Processors Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
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
Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Samoa Tuna Processors Inc.
Location
Route 1, Atu'u, PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA, 96799
NAICS
236220
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning a packer machine when his hand contacted the area where a compressing piston was moving and his right index finger was squashed. His right index finger had to be surgically amputated.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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