# Amputations at StarKist Samoa Co.
> OSHA SIR `2022032453` · 3/18/2022 · PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** StarKist Samoa Co.
- **Location:** Satala Village, PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA, 96799
- **NAICS:** 311711
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing fish flakes from a processing line. A knife machine amputated his right middle finger.

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