Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1476784.015 - High Liner Foods

Inspection Information - Office: Concord Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1476784.015

Report ID: 0111700

Date Opened: 05/29/2020

Site Address:
High Liner Foods
1 High Liner Avenue
Portsmouth, NH 03803

Mailing Address:
1 High Liner Avenue, Portsmouth, NH 03803

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 311712/Fresh and Frozen Seafood Processing

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 05/29/2020

Emphasis: N:Amputate

Case Closed: 09/14/2020

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1597017	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations	1					1
Initial Penalty	$13,494	$0	$0	$0	$0	$13,494
Current Penalty	$6,747	$0	$0	$0	$0	$6,747
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citaton Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Contest	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001	Serious	19100212 A01	08/17/2020	08/27/2020	$6,747	$13,494	$0		I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 127596.015

Event: 05/27/2020

Employee partially amputates two fingers while pushing produ

At 3:30 p.m. on May 27, 2020, an employee working as a machine operator for frozen food processor was manually pushing frozen fish into a Pierce Hand Bandsaw. When the employee pushed a block of fish through the saw he struck the blade with his hand. The only guarding in place on the saw was a tubular metal rail used to guide the fish from one saw to the other. The employee partially amputated two fingers on his right-hand, requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Bandsaw, Contact, Finger, Food processing, Frozen, Inexperience, Instantaneous amputation, Lack of Engineering Controls, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Meat Processing, Partial Amputation, Sawblade, Traumatic Amputation, Unguarded

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1476784.015	45	M	Hospitalized injury		Occupation Not Listed

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