Alabama Catfish, LLC

On August 7, 2024, a contracted employee was operating a fish skinner that uses two rotating stones to skin catfish when fingers on her right hand were caught by the stones and severely injured, resulting in hospitalization. The employee sustained an open wound of a finger with damage to the nail/nailbed and an open fracture of the distal phalanx.

An employee suffered a left thumb tip amputation while operating a band saw. Cut-resistant gloves were not worn at the time of the incident.

An employee was finned by a catfish while picking up and sorting the fish. The employee's fingertip was amputated after becoming infected.

On December 19, 2023, an employee was setting up a copper wire drawing machine when his left ring finger was pinched between a copper wire and a machine part. The employee's finger was partially amputated.

An employee was examining a machine when a part moved up and amputated a fingertip on their left hand.

An employee was checking the gusset seal on a machine. He moved to the next cross sealer and the machine activated, causing an amputation to a left-hand finger. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was evaluating a coiling machine to verify that the blade was present inside it. The machine's weld function was activated, and the machine crushed the employee's fingers, resulting in the amputation of the left middle and ring fingers.

An employee's right hand was caught in a wire drawing machine, resulting in amputation.

An employee was working on a fillet machine when it caught his right little finger, lacerating and breaking it.

An employee was cutting a fish hung up on a hook using a knife when the hook came off, causing his hand to slip. The employee's right thumb was severely lacerated by the knife.

An employee was clearing a jam in a fish skinning machine when his hand became caught between two plastic cogs that operate the conveyor belt. His hand was injured and required surgery. His left index finger was surgically amputated. The machine was energized at the time of the incident.

An employee was in a tunnel freezer, which was being turned on for the first time. The baffling for the evaporator fan got stuck in the siding. The employee ascended a 5'9"-tall cart to reach the raised baffling panel. The raised baffling shifted and dropped, trapping the employee's arm between the aluminum and foam core baffling. The employee sustained a severe laceration to the lower forearm/upper wrist and severed ligaments. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was using tongs to grab shrimp when their finger got caught inside the tongs. The employee sustained an amputation to their fingertip.

An employee was traveling down the maintenance aisle of a warehouse on a single-pallet front rider jack. The jack malfunctioned, causing the brakes to apply; the employee fell forward onto the concrete warehouse floor. The employee suffered an injury to the left leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was operating a metal roller machine to roll a small piece of metal. The employee's right index finger became caught between the metal and the machine, and the fingertip was amputated.

An employee was shot in the leg with a pistol during an altercation with two people who had entered the store without permission.

An employee was directing a truck driver to a dump site when the truck's peanut trailer slipped off the kingpin. As the trailer fell, a ladder attached to it lacerated the employee's ear. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was unloading a forklift from a trailer to the ground. The employee was climbing down the ladder of the trailer when their foot slipped through one of the rungs, causing them to fall backward onto the forklift forks. The employee was hospitalized for fractured ribs.