Dutch Harbor, AK

Alaska operates its own OSHA-approved State Plan covering private-sector workplaces, so most enforcement in Dutch Harbor, AK is state-run. The federal OSHA records on this page cover only workplaces under federal jurisdiction — they are not a complete picture of workplace safety in the city.

Employers with the most severe injuries in Dutch Harbor

Example incidents

• American Seafoods Company DUTCH HARBOR, ALASKA · 2024-02-19 · Fall on same level due to slip or trip

  An employee was moving boxes of frozen product from a stack to a conveyor belt when they slipped and fell. The box they were carrying weighed 20 kg and fell onto their right little finger, crushing it. The distal portion of the finger was amputated.

• Westward Seafoods, Inc. DUTCH HARBOR, ALASKA · 2022-06-20 · Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident

  An employee was directing a co-worker to pick up a pallet with a forklift. The employee went into the operator's cab and assisted in moving the steering wheel. As the employee was exiting the cab area, the co-worker accidentally pressed on the gas, moving the forklift forward and pinning the employee between the forklift and a pole. The employee suffered a right upper thigh and hip injury.

• ALASKAN LEADER FISHERIES LLC DUTCH HARBOR, ALASKA · 2019-01-13 · Water vehicle incident, n.e.c.

  An employee was offloading frozen product from a vessel's main freezer onto a conveyor belt system leading to a shoreside warehouse when a box weighing approximately 40 lbs. struck/crushed the employee's left thumb, resulting in a partial amputation.

• GOLDEN ALASKA SEAFOODS LLC DUTCH HARBOR, ALASKA · 2018-04-29 · Water vehicle incident, n.e.c.

  An employee on a vessel out at sea opened an unlabeled container that smelled strongly while preparing to clean and sanitize factory equipment resulting in burns to the employee's nose and throat. The employee was hospitalized.

• O'HARA CORPORATION DUTCH HARBOR, ALASKA · 2018-04-01 · Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle

  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.

• Global Seas LLC DUTCH HARBOR, ALASKA · 2017-03-02 · Water vehicle incident, n.e.c.

  An employee was standing under a net drum waiting to receive fishing nets to work on fishing lines when a basketball hoop that was previously attached to the net drum fell over and struck the employee's right jaw and neck area. The employee suffered a fractured jaw and was hospitalized.

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Source: federal OSHA Severe Injury Reports, inspections, and ITA Form 300/301 filings. Counts reflect federal jurisdiction only.