# Amputations at Starkist Samoa
> OSHA SIR `20231110412` · 11/11/2023 · PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
## Employer
- **Name:** Starkist Samoa
- **Location:** Main Road at Satala, PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA, 96799
- **NAICS:** 311712
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was positioning a metal plate used to connect to a storage container. The plate fell and caught the employee's right big toe and right index finger against the container. The toe was crushed and the finger was amputated.

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