# Amputations at Starkist Samoa
> OSHA SIR `2016043072` · 4/12/2016 · PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Starkist Samoa
- **Location:** Main Road at Satala, PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA, 96799
- **NAICS:** 311712
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 12, 2016, at about 7:05 p.m., an employee was trying to clean out pieces of fish from the 4-pound feed conveyor when the employee's fingers were caught by the machine's knife, amputating the right third and fourth fingertips.

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