Amputations

Name: Amputations at Starkist Samoa
Start: 11/11/2023

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20231110412 · 11/11/2023 · Starkist Samoa

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
Source: Ramps, loading docks, dock plates

Employer

Name: Starkist Samoa
Location: Main Road at Satala, PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA, 96799
NAICS: 311712
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was positioning a metal plate used to connect to a storage container. The plate fell and caught the employee's right big toe and right index finger against the container. The toe was crushed and the finger was amputated.

Source

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