CARROLLTON, GEORGIA—
Trident Seafoods Corporation
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Trident Seafoods Corporation, 100 Jerry Dowd Dr., CARROLLTON, GEORGIA 30117 on — Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
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.
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CARROLLTON, GEORGIA—
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.
CARROLLTON, GEORGIA—
Trident Seafoods Corporation
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.
CARROLLTON, GEORGIA—
Trident Seafoods Corporation
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.
TACOMA, WASHINGTON—
Trident Seafoods Corporation
An employee was walking across a deck wearing boots when he tripped, resulting in a leg fracture. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.
CARROLLTON, GEORGIA—
Trident Seafoods Corporation
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.
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