OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221431141

317729204 - PACIFIC SEAFOOD - WARRENTON LLC

WARRENTON, OR· 2021-08-29T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Arm, Auger, Auger Mechanism, Caught In, Cleaning, Communication, Elbow, Food processing, Incorrect Equipment, Instantaneous amputation, Janitor, Machine Guarding, Manufacturing, Production Line, Sanitation, Shear, Sheared, Traumatic Amputation, Wrong Equipment
NAICS: 311711
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345707483
Employer profile: 317729204 - PACIFIC SEAFOOD - WARRENTON LLC
Summary number: 221431141
Report ID: 1054111

Event description

Employee amputates arm in auger peforming sanitation work

Investigation abstract

At 5:00 a.m. on August 29, 2021, an employee working as a sanitation worker for a seafood processing facility was working in the production room. The employee stuck his arm into an auger after being told not to by Coworker #1, another sanitation employee. Coworker #2, the machine operator, was unable to see the employee. Coworker #2 turned the machine on and the employee's arm was caught in the machine. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputated arm below the elbow.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 22 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
453

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