Blue Angle Corporation

Entangled in other object or equipment — Amputations — PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Blue Angle Corporation in PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA
Employer Blue Angle Corporation Report ID 2015107449
Address Purse Seiner M.V. Friesland City, State ZIP PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA 96799
Event Date October 7, 2015 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Entangled in other object or equipment Source of Injury Wire, cables-nonelectrical
Secondary Source Drums, pulleys, sheaves
Industry (NAICS) 488320 Inspection # 1097242
GPS Coordinates 14.24000, -170.71000

Incident Narrative

An employee was unloading frozen fish from a vessel and got his hand caught in the cable of the vessel's winch and pulley. Two fingers were amputated as a result.

Incident Summary

On October 7, 2015, a worker at Blue Angle Corporation in PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as entangled in other object or equipment, with wire, cables-nonelectrical identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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