Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201681731 - Employee Is Killed When Crushed by Fish Cart

Accident Summary Nr: 201681731 -- Report ID: 1050210 -- Event Date: 05/05/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308532258	05/07/2005	0919	114119	Trident Seafoods, Incorporated

Abstract: At 11:25 p.m. on May 5, 2005, Employee #1, working at the Trident Seafood freezer facility in North Naknek, Alaska, stepped into freezer lane Number 4 between several large fish freezing carts to dislodge a fish cart in lane Number 5. While between a structural member of the building and a fish cart in lane Number 4, a cart was advanced by a hydraulic ram at the beginning of lane Number 4, causing 10-11 other carts containing frozen fish to move forward in lane Number 4. The leading fish cart closest to Employee #1 advanced in the lane, crushing the employee between the structural member and fish cart. He was transported to Anchorage's Providence Medical Center Emergency clinic, where he died from his injuries.

Keywords: CHEST, HYDRAULIC RAM, ASPHYXIATED, CRUSHED, CART

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	308532258			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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