# Amputations at American Seafoods Company
> OSHA SIR `2018076905` · 7/10/2018 · SAINT PAUL ISLAND, ALASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** American Seafoods Company
- **Location:** F/T OCEAN ROVER, SAINT PAUL ISLAND, ALASKA, 99660
- **NAICS:** 445220
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to dislodge a plugged drain on a fish meal auger when the auger amputated his right middle and ring fingertips.

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