Bumble Bee Seafoods: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Oct 28, 2019: Employee fractures ribs after falling through mezzanine

At 10:45 a.m. on October 28, 2019, an employee working as an Electrical Technician for a seafood cannery was installing an electrical conduit in the warehouse. The employee had worked for the employer for approximately 1 month. The employee had stepped onto an unsecured part of a mezzanine that served as an open ceiling for the room below. The mezzanine gave way and the employee fell through the ceiling to the floor in the room below. The employee hit a support beam during the fall and broke his ribs, requiring hospitalization.

Incident on May 30, 2001: Employee suffers amputation of finger

At approximately 2:30 a.m. on May 30, 2001, Employee #1 suffered the amputation of part of her left index finger after she contacted the moving blade of a tuna- filler machine located inside the packaging department. Employee #1 had turned t he power off and she was cleaning the excess fish from the in-feed conveyor belt under the hood of machine with her bare hand. The machine was not completely st opped after turning off power supply and the blade kept running for some time. E mployee #1's finger was caught between the loin knife and conveyor belt. The bla de struck her left index finger inside the hood resulting in an amputation. Empl oyee #1 did not have a cleaning brush or some other hand extension tool for the job and was not trained in the use of such tools by his employer. Employee #1 wa s hospitalized.

Incident on Nov 20, 1995: Employee injured when caught in seamer conveyor

At 5:00 p.m. on November 20, 1995, Employee #1 was washing down the in-feed conv eyor on seamer line B. He was wearing a cloth apron with tie strings, and his ap ron became caught in the in-feed conveyor. Employee #1 sustained severe lacerati ons to his buttocks and upper leg. The equipment had to be operating for it to b e sanitized properly.