OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221455389
BJ'S SERVICE COMPANY, INC.
NEW BEDFORD, MA·
Event description
Employee's fingertips are amputated in fish packaging line
Investigation abstract
At 3:00 p.m. on November 9, 2021, an employee was going to clear a jam in the individual vacuum sealing section of a fish packaging line. He pulled on the plastic sheet twice. Then the bottom plate came up, resulting in the amputation of two fingertips. The employee was hospitalized. One finger got repaired. The other finger got amputated to the first knuckle.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Event type
- 2
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