Amputations

Name: Amputations at High Liner Foods
Start: 11/15/2016

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 20161110719 · 11/15/2016 · High Liner Foods

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: High Liner Foods
Location: 1 High Liner Avenue, PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03803
NAICS: 311712
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a triple saw to cut a frozen fish block. When the employee attempted to move the fish block, the saw blade amputated two right-hand fingers.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown