Omega Protein, Inc.

An employee was hooking up a water hose to clean out an acid line. When he opened the acid line valve, acid came out between the crow's foot connections and burned the employee's chest.

An employee was working as a commercial fisherman on a fishing boat when his finger got caught in the block causing an amputation to his left little fingertip.

An employee was preparing to pump bail water to a vessel when a metal end-cap was blown off the end of the 3-inch bail hose. The end-cap struck the vessel, ricocheted, and then struck the employee's jaw. The employee sustained a fracture to the face and jaw.

An employee was replacing a press pump motor. The employee stepped over the motor and his boot got caught on a hydraulic hose. He tripped and fell and his left hand struck the expanded metal guard for the press next to where he was working severing his left pinky finger.

An employee was on a double-end rider in an aisle selecting product when his left leg was pinned between the rack and rider.

An employee was using a forklift to load a tractor trailer when the forklift skidded into a wall. The employee sustained an arm fracture.

An employee was training on an rolling container carrier on the dry, non-frozen storage side of the distribution center. She made a turn around the end cap and her right foot struck the rail protecting the endcap racking. The employee's foot was fractured.

An employee was a passenger in a utility vehicle that was driving up a hill on a wooded trail. As the vehicle made a right turn, three fingers on the employee's right hand were caught against a tree and fractured.

An employee was operating a forklift when his left leg was caught between the forklift and a bollard resulting in a broken leg.

On July 7, 2025, an employee was cleaning food from under a conveyor belt. He was retrieving a piece of food when his left middle finger contacted the chain and pulley. The fingertip was amputated. The machine was guarded at the time of the incident.

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.

An employee opened a fillet machine to remove a fish that had gotten stuck when their left hand made contact with the blade, resulting in cut ligaments between the thumb and index finger.

An employee was cleaning a fryer when cleaning chemicals contacted their left leg, resulting in chemical burns.

An employee was moving a loading ramp to the dock when the ramp became stuck. While dislodging it, the ramp fell on their left hand. The employee sustained a partial amputation to their left middle finger.

An employee was checking a pole-type transformer tank for leaks. A hydraulic clamping device was lowered onto his right thumb and crushed it against the sharp edge of the bottom of the tank. He suffered a partial transphalangeal amputation to the thumb.

The injured employee was standing behind a table. She jumped out to scare another employee, but tripped and fell on the tile floor, injuring her right ankle/foot. She was hospitalized with a dislocated ankle that required surgery.

An employee was going into a trailer to mark product for shipment and the trailer pulled away from the dock. The employee fell out of the trailer, contacted the dock plate, and then fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a punctured lung, fractured ribs, and contusions.

An employee was hooking up bundled tie-downs with a chain. While he was holding a hook, the other hook was unlocked. This caused the employee's hook to slide down and pinch his right index finger between the chain and the shackle. He suffered an amputation to the fingertip (without bone loss), as well as an open fracture.

An employee was operating a gas tugger to lift metal sheeting. His left hand was pulled into the pulley, which crushed his left thumb, resulting in avulsions and other tissue damage. He was hospitalized and required surgery.