# Amputations at Tri-Union Seafoods, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20171211418` · 12/1/2017 · LYONS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Bottling, canning, filling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Tri-Union Seafoods, LLC
- **Location:** 129 Commerce Drive, LYONS, GEORGIA, 30436
- **NAICS:** 311712
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working at a packer machine and used a push bar to remove excess tuna from a metal plate located just beyond a conveyor belt and roller. She was attempting to grab the tuna when the packer knife caught and amputated her right index and middle fingertips.

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