O'HARA CORPORATION

Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle — Crushing injuries — DUTCH HARBOR, ALASKA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at O'HARA CORPORATION in DUTCH HARBOR, ALASKA
Employer O'HARA CORPORATION Report ID 2018043125
Address F/V Araho City, State ZIP DUTCH HARBOR, ALASKA 99692
Event Date April 1, 2018 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Crushing injuries Body Part Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle Source of Injury Commercial fishing vessel
Industry (NAICS) 311712 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 53.88000, -166.53000

Incident Narrative

An employee was in a vessel's freezer offloading frozen fish cargo when his left arm became caught between two conveyor belts on the freezer carousel, crushing his left arm from the hand to the bicep. He was hospitalized.

Incident Summary

On April 1, 2018, a worker at O'HARA CORPORATION in DUTCH HARBOR, ALASKA suffered crushing injuries to the hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle, with commercial fishing vessel identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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