Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at Crux Diving and Salvage
Start: 12/9/2022

1 hospitalization · 20221210731 · 12/9/2022 · Crux Diving and Salvage

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lower leg(s)
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event: Other animal bites, nonvenomous
Source: Fish, shellfish

Employer

Name: Crux Diving and Salvage
Location: Main Road at Satala, PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA, 96799
NAICS: 541990
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A commercial diver was preparing to get into the water to take measurements. Upon jumping in, the employee was bitten by an eight-to-twelve-foot bull shark, resulting in severed muscles and arteries to his left calf. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown