# Amputations at ALASKAN LEADER FISHERIES LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019010403` · 1/13/2019 · DUTCH HARBOR, ALASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Water vehicle incident, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Water vehicle, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** ALASKAN LEADER FISHERIES LLC
- **Location:** F/V Alaskan Leader, DUTCH HARBOR, ALASKA, 99692
- **NAICS:** 114111
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was offloading frozen product from a vessel's main freezer onto a conveyor belt system leading to a shoreside warehouse when a box weighing approximately 40 lbs. struck/crushed the employee's left thumb, resulting in a partial amputation.

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