# Cuts, lacerations at Crux Diving and Salvage
> OSHA SIR `20221210731` · 12/9/2022 · PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other animal bites, nonvenomous
- **Source:** Fish, shellfish
## Employer
- **Name:** Crux Diving and Salvage
- **Location:** Main Road at Satala, PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA, 96799
- **NAICS:** 541990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A commercial diver was preparing to get into the water to take measurements. Upon jumping in, the employee was bitten by an eight-to-twelve-foot bull shark, resulting in severed muscles and arteries to his left calf. The employee was hospitalized.

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