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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation · 20241211636 · 12/16/2024 · Trident Seafoods Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event
Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning
Source
Ice blocks, cubes, crushed
Secondary source
Conveyors belt, slot, chain

Employer

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

Narrative

On December 16, 2024, at approximately 3:07 p.m., an employee was feeding frozen fish blocks via a conveyor belt into a floor mounted electrically powered grinder. The grinder became jammed with the fish material. The worker deenergized the machine and used a rolling ladder to climb approximately 4 feet in the air to unjam it. As the fish block became dislodged, the momentum of the action caused the fish block to slam down on her right thumb and the machine, causing a partial amputation of the thumb tip.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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