# Amputations at American Seafoods
> OSHA SIR `2015118898` · 11/24/2015 · SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** American Seafoods
- **Location:** 2025 1st Ave, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, 98121
- **NAICS:** 311710
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee's fingertip was amputated while the employee attempted to straighten a box in a vertical box conveyer system.

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