Safety Incidents

An employee was walking out of the guard shack to get numbers from trailers when they slipped/tripped and fell off a curb to the pavement below. The employee was hospitalized with a hip injury.

An employee was standing on a raised platform at the seafood counter while setting the service case with product. She misstepped and fell from the platform to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left leg and required surgery.

An employee was working with a golf ball washer machine. He was cleaning a belt on the side of the machine using a sponge. The sponge got caught by the rotating belt and was pulled in. The employee's right hand was pulled in as well and he sustained an amputation to a finger below the nail.

An employee was working in the meat department when he slipped and fell to the cement floor. He was hospitalized with a hip fracture that required surgery.

An employee was descending a fixed ladder on the side of a container loader. The employee fell from the ladder, landing on the ground about 6-8 feet below and sustained fractures to their back and pelvis.

On August 31, 2025, an employee was pulling a belt around a pulley when their right ring finger was caught between the pulley and the belt for the underdraft fan. The finger was lacerated and the employee was hospitalized.

Four employees were traveling in a utility task vehicle (UTV) on the east lot of the site. While turning, the UTV flipped over onto the driver's side. The driver's left wrist and hand were crushed by the frame of the UTV resulting in a fractured and dislocated wrist, as well as hand injuries. The driver was hospitalized and required surgery.

On August 31, 2025, an employee was using a paper towel to wipe down the surface around the perimeter of the fryer. She sneezed and her right arm slipped into the fryer oil. She was hospitalized with burns to her right arm and wrist.

An employee was performing maintenance/electrical work inside a substation, and used a ladder to access the top of a panel box. The employee fell 8-9 feet from the top of the panel box to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their ribs and a shoulder injury.

An employee was driving a forklift. He fell off the machine during a turn, and one of its wheels broke his left foot. He was hospitalized.

An employee was cutting a 15-pound piece of ribeye on a saw. The blade of the saw contacted the employee's right hand causing a partial amputation to the middle finger and injury to the index finger requiring stitches.

An employee was standing at the register and tripped over a power cord that was hanging down from a shelf. He fell on his ankle and hip. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured ankle.

An employee was on the roof of a building, putting plastic around a dust collector, when their left middle finger was caught in a grinder insider the dust collector. The employee suffered a partial amputation to the left middle finger.

A press was having a paster failure and the crew was working to get the ink on the paper. A press operator grounded himself and was entering the press unit when something flashed. The employee sustained third-degree burns to his head and left arm.

An employee was standing by the drink station, filling drinks. The employee turned away from the drink station, slipped on a bit of water, and fell to the floor. The employee's hip was fractured.

On August 30, 2025, an employee was turning a pallet jack when their left little finger was caught between its handle and a steel bin. The finger was broken in two places. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was reaching under a conveyor when her hand was pulled between the conveyor belt and a plastic block. The employee suffered a fracture and tendon damage. The conveyor was not locked out at the time.

An employee bent down to turn on an air valve, lost their footing, and struck their hand on a pressure relief valve while trying to catch themselves. The employee suffered an amputation to their right index fingertip.

An employee was walking in the bay door area when they were struck by a forklift, resulting in a crushing injury to their left foot.

Employees were building a gantry. The injured employee was carrying part of the gantry when their left ring finger was crushed between the gantry and wood. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

An employee was watching the landing joint being lowered into the rotary table when it clipped the slip bowl, causing the slip bowl to flip over and strike the employee's legs. The employee's right femur was fractured and they sustained a fracture to the left leg below the knee. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was assisting with temporary traffic control setup when they were struck on the right foot by the outrigger of an excavator. The employee sustained a degloving injury to the top joint (knuckle) of the fourth toe.

At about 2:30 a.m. on August 30, 2025, a DHL employee was operating a reach truck in a warehouse. The truck drove into the elevated forks of another, parked reach truck, and the employee suffered a broken left tibia. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

On August 30, 2025, an employee was operating an electric double-pallet jack. He was coming out of the new extension through the separation curtains when his pallet jack struck an electric forklift. The forklift landed on the employee's right foot, fracturing the big toe and second toe.

On August 30, 2025, an employee was moving product using a hand truck/dolly. He observed an electric pallet jack obstructing his path and went to relocate it. The electric pallet jack ran over his right ankle, dislocating it.

An employee was working from an extension ladder to assist with fabricating concrete formwork. They felt the ladder start to shift, and jumped from the ladder to the concrete ground, fracturing both ankles.

An employee was preparing an oven for charging and cracked the seal of the jump lid to release pressure. Flames unexpectedly released from the oven and burned the employee's right ring and little fingers. The employee sustained second-degree burns.

On August 30, 2025, an employee was using a reciprocating saw to cut an HVAC pipe into pieces. Expanded metal had been wrapped around a nearby pipe and secured with zip ties. The vibration from the saw freed one of the zip ties, and the coil of the sheet metal lacerated the employee's right arm near the elbow.

An employee was conducting pressure washing on the roof of a commercial building. The employee fell through a fiberglass skylight panel and struck the concrete pavement approximately 30 feet below. The employee sustained fractures to their pelvis, femur, and heel. The employee was using fall protection at the time of the incident, including a harness and lanyard, but it failed to arrest the fall.

At approximately 8:20 AM, a hose on the discharge line on a dehydrator unhooked and triethylene glycol sprayed the owner and two technicians. The chemical was approximately 300+ degrees. Another technician manually closed the valve. One employee was treated for second-degree burns to the left arm and left calf and was released. The employee who was closest to the unit was sprayed on the left arm, wrist, and leg, and sustained third-degree burns. He was hospitalized.

An employee was cutting off bracing from an 8 x 12' metal wall when the wall fell, striking the employee on their side and back. The employee sustained bruised ribs and two fractures in their back.

An employee had been laying on a couch in the break room. While getting up, she tripped and fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with an injury to the left side of her head.

An employee had been completing a phase of electrical work, installing wire harnesses. At approximately 2:15 p.m., the employee was operating a UTV when it rolled onto its side. The employee sustained fractures to the right wrist and hand.

An employee was weeding grass outside when he became overheated. The employee was hospitalized for heat-related illness.

An employee was removing product from a leg quarter saw with a hook when the hook became jammed. As he was getting the hook free, his right hand came into contact with the saw, which partially amputated his middle finger.

The injured employee was cleaning up tools and equipment around a transformer that was being assembled. Other employees were removing the mobile work platforms from around the connections lattice of the transformer. The connections lattice fell over on top of the injured employee, causing fractures to their ribs, pelvis, and foot.

An employee was walking to check the lock on the front door after closing. He slipped on the wet floor and fell. The employee's hip was fractured and required surgery.

An employee was cleaning a structural frame when an alkaline cleaner splashed the top of his leather boots. The chemical soaked through his boots, resulting in third-degree burns to the top of his feet. The employee was hospitalized.

A temporary employee was working to remove a detached piece of rubber EPDM product that was hanging on the outside of a feed chute. As the employee grabbed the elongated material, the material reengaged inside the machine above the feed chute and pulled back, pinching their left index fingertip. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

An employee was working on the grill when they began to feel ill. The employee was hospitalized to treat heat-related illness. The air conditioning was not working at the location.

Employees were working on a floor layout for future pipe installation. Plumbers were cleaning up the area. A piece of plywood was removed and an employee fell through a hole underneath it. He sustained fractures to the front of his head, a right side rib, and his left wrist. He also sustained lung contusions.

An employee was operating a double pallet jack. While he was pushing a pallet back, the pallet jack moved and the handle crushed his finger against racking.

An employee was part of a crew that was moving a spool of wire that was on a support stand with wheels. The employee was at the back, holding the spool back while the crew moved it down the off-ramp of a buck hoist. When the support stand moved from the ramp to the floor, the spool shifted and the pipe in the center of the spool came off the support stand and struck the employee's right thumb, resulting in a fracture and a laceration.

Around 12:45 PM, a clamp truck operator went to remove a piece of orange strap from a clamp truck that was parked outside of the office. The strap fell into a gap between the frame and the hood of the truck. The strap became caught in the engine's fan and also wrapped around the employee's hand when he went to grab it. The strap was pulled tight against the frame of the clamp truck, causing lacerations and fractures to the employee's hand. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was dumping trash into a compactor when he lost his balance and fell approximately 5 feet into the trash compactor. The compactor was not in use at the time. The employee was hospitalized with multiple fractures.

An employee was pressure washing outside with a 3400-psi pressure washer when the pressurized water spray cut through his right shoe and lacerated his middle toe. The employee's toe became swollen. He was hospitalized for possible infection and underwent surgery.

An employee had been loading a flatbed. Their right foot was run over by a mini telehandler. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured foot.

An employee pulled into the customer's driveway, parked, and exited the vehicle. He opened the sliding side door on the vehicle to retrieve a package. The customer began backing their vehicle out of their garage and it struck the employee in the back of his left leg. He was pinned him between the two vehicles, causing contusions and lacerations.

An employee was helping to load a customer's truck. The employee stepped toward a forklift to get paperwork from the driver. The employee's right lower leg and foot were run over by the back tire of the forklift. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to his lower right leg.

An employee was descending a 10-foot A-frame ladder. The ladder came out from under the employee when he was about 5 to 6 feet above ground level. He fell, landed on the left side of his body, and sustained fractures to four ribs, his pelvis, and hip socket, and sustained injuries on the left side of his body. The employee was hospitalized.