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Amputations involving bone loss

1 amputation · 2024010881 · 1/29/2024 · Trident Seafoods Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Other finger(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Amputations involving bone loss

Cause

Event
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source
Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
Trident Seafoods Corporation
Location
100 Jerry Dowd Dr., CARROLLTON, GEORGIA, 30117
NAICS
311712
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

On January 29, 2024, an employee was accessing a bagging machine from beneath to clear a jam. Her hand was caught in the machine's point of operation, where a heat sealer bar and cutter amputated her left index finger at the first knuckle. The machine was operating at the time of the incident.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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