Consolidated Catfish Producers, LLC

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 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 cutting catfish with a band saw and amputated the tip of his right thumb.

An employee was placing fish on and off a conveyor belt when his hand was cut by a fish fin.

An employee was greasing a fillet machine when the employee's right index finger was caught in the machine, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was operating a machine when a wire pulled his right glove resulting in amputation of the index and middle fingertips.

An employee was grinding chicken when their right index fingertip was caught in the grinder and amputated.

An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.

An employee was passing through a large metal door when the door closed on the employee, resulting in a cracked rib.

An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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.