Omega Protein Inc.

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.

On September 7, 2016, at approximately 8:38 PM, an employee was driving across the yard in a golf cart when his left hand was smashed between the cart and an adjacent garbage dumpster. He suffered two broken bones and an open wound, requiring hospitalization.

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.

On November 27, 2023, an employee was emptying a 2-inch product line that transports sodium hydroxide liquid from a rail car to a 275-gallon tote tank. The nozzle came out of the tote and sprayed sodium hydroxide onto the employee's face. The employee was hospitalized with chemical burns to their face, mouth, and neck.

An employee was working with sulfuric acid as part of the production process. While transferring the chemical from a large container to a smaller container, it splashed on his body and hand, resulting in a chemical burn.

An employee knelt in wet concrete while performing work as a concrete finisher and sustained a chemical burn to the right shin. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was using a 5-gallon bucket to unload acid product from a tank. Residual product leaked into the containment area, causing the employee to sustain first- and second-degree burns to the chest, as well as third-degree burns to the arms.

An employee was transferring an alkaline cleaning chemical from a bulk container into 1-gallon containers. The employee lifted a gallon container by its label tag. The tag broke causing the container to fall approximately 14-18 inches. The container struck the ground and the contents splashed onto the employee causing chemical burns to their eyes.

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.

A driver was exiting his vehicle outside the plant gate when his foot slipped on the top step of the truck. He fell to the ground, landed on his left hip and elbow. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip/femur.

A security employee was responding to an urgent call from staff regarding a violent patient. The employee tripped and fell on the floor outside of the stairwell. The employee sustained a closed head injury, contusion of the cerebrum without loss of consciousness, and a closed fracture of the distal end of the right radius.

A security employee was holstering her firearm when the gun discharged a bullet into her right leg. The employee was hospitalized.

A temporary employee was testing an electrical starter motor. He was placing tape on the starter while the breaker was not engaged, but the starter sent an arc flash that burned his hands and stomach.

An employee was walking on a sidewalk and stubbed his toe on an elevated portion of concrete, causing him to trip and fall. The employee's right knee was dislocated.