Trident Seafoods Corporation
Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified — CARROLLTON, GEORGIA
| Employer | Trident Seafoods Corporation | Report ID | 20241211636 |
| Address | 100 Jerry Dowd DR. | City, State ZIP | CARROLLTON, GEORGIA 30117 |
| Event Date | December 16, 2024 | Outcome | Amputation |
| Nature of Injury | Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified | Body Part | Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) |
| Event Type | Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning | Source of Injury | Ice blocks, cubes, crushed |
| Secondary Source | Conveyors belt, slot, chain | ||
| Industry (NAICS) | 311712 | Inspection # | 1795051 |
| GPS Coordinates | 33.61000, -85.11000 | ||
Incident 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.
Incident Summary
On December 16, 2024, a worker at Trident Seafoods Corporation in CARROLLTON, GEORGIA suffered amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified to the finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s). The incident was classified as caught or wedged between objects nonrunning, with ice blocks, cubes, crushed identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.
Context
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