# Amputations at Omega Protein, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022054031` · 5/9/2022 · SAINT BERNARD, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle
- **Source:** Commercial fishing vessel
## Employer
- **Name:** Omega Protein, Inc.
- **Location:** Latitude 29.55.3828 Longitude 089.07.5376, SAINT BERNARD, LOUISIANA, 70085
- **NAICS:** 311712
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working as a commercial fisherman on a fishing boat when his finger got caught in the block causing an amputation to his left little fingertip.

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