Amputations

Name: Amputations at Blue Harvest Fisheries, LLC
Start: 10/3/2019

1 amputation · 20191010376 · 10/3/2019 · Blue Harvest Fisheries, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
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: Blue Harvest Fisheries, LLC
Location: 40 Herman Melville Boulevard, NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, 02740
NAICS: 424460
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a machine that removes the heads of fish when the blade cut the employee's right pinky finger, resulting in a partial finger amputation.

Source

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