Trident Seafoods Corporation

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.

On January 29, 2024, an employee was accessing a bagging machine from beneath to clear a jam. Her hand was caught in the machine's point of operation, where a heat sealer bar and cutter amputated her left index finger at the first knuckle. The machine was operating at the time of the incident.

On November 4, 2023, an employee was unclogging an oil line for a fryer and began by closing the valves at the fryer drain, pump, and intersection in the pipe. This caused the short section of the pipe to become pressurized. As the employee opened the valve at the bottom of the fryer, the air in the pipe blew up into the fryer full of hot oil, causing it to overflow onto their hands. The employee suffered second-degree burns to both hands.

On November 11, 2021, at approximately 5:45 AM, a temporary employee tripped over a wheel on a smock holder and fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a hip fracture.

An employee was walking in a store when she tripped and fell to the floor. The employee sustained rib fractures.

An employee was walking through a hallway when they tripped and fell to the ground, resulting in a fractured left hip and femur.

An employee was walking on a concrete patio near the work site when he tripped and fell on his right side resulting in a fractured right femur.

An employee was loading a vehicle for mail delivery when she turned, tripped, and fell in the parking lot. The employee struck their head on the pavement and suffered a concussion.

The injured employee had been talking with another employee. As they went to turn around and walk, they tripped and fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a broken hip.

An employee sustained a partial finger amputation while operating a portion saw.

An employee was unloading boxes from a truck. As they were picking up a large box, the employee strained both knees and their back.

An employee was working in an area where conveyor belts have product to be separated. He experienced symptoms of heat exhaustion and was hospitalized.

An employee suffered an abdominal and back injury while lifting a 50- to 60-pound box.

An employee was using a scan gun to check products as they were loaded onto a truck. The employee went to close the roll-up door, and their glove got caught between the door and the truck. The tip of the employee's right ring finger was amputated.

An employee was drilling a hole into the sealed hold of a vessel so a marine chemist could test its atmosphere. Upon drilling the hole, a gas that was under pressure was released and caught fire at the drill motor, where the employee was holding it. The employee was burned.

An employee was performing restoration activities outside a 45-gallon condensation tank of a boiler system. As they were performing post-maintenance activities after repairing one of the two discharge pumps, one of the discharge valves would not open. The employee closed the intake pump to cool off the system and open the discharge valve. Two employees opened the inlet valve to return the tank to service. After they cracked open the inlet valve, a side wall of the tank blew out, causing the injured employee to suffer steam burns to half their body.

An employee was testing and troubleshooting the gang cylinder valve located in the gang area of the sawmill. The employee's fingertip was amputated by the gang cylinder valve.

An employee was unlocking containers on deck. The employee was de-lashing while standing on the edge of the lid. The lashing bar he was holding came off the cone, causing him to turn 90 degrees and strike a railing behind him. The employee sustained four fractured ribs.

An employee parked a side-by-side on the fixed internal ramp aboard a cargo ship. They exited the side-by-side and went to inspect the cargo below. The side-by-side rolled toward the employee and struck them as they were walking toward the edge of the ramp. The employee was knocked off the ramp and landed on the lower deck approximately 8 feet below. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured shoulder.