NAICS311612Event Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testingSource Conveyors belt, slot, chain
An employee was conducting preventive maintenance on a decline conveyor, spraying lubricant on its tension rollers, when his left arm was caught by the conveyor system and pulled between the…
NAICS311221Event Contact with hot objects or substancesSource Food products n.e.c.
An employee was bringing a filter online. When the employee opened a valve to initiate flow through the filter, the gasket on the filter housing failed, spraying a water/erythritol…
Thermal burns degree unspecified Trunk and other upper extremitiesHospitalized
NAICS311615Event Caught or wedged between objects nonrunningSource Caps, lids, covers n.e.c.
An employee was replacing the exhaust fan above the scalding area when their finger became pinched in the exhaust fan shroud. The employee sustained amputation of the distal tuft of…
Amputations involving bone loss Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)Amputation
NAICS311612Event Contact with hot objects or substancesSource Water, liquids nonchemical
On July 17, 2024, an employee was trying to retrieve his knife from the bottom of a sterilizer. Water in the sterilizer, heated to 180 degrees, entered the employee's…
NAICS424510EventOther fall to lower level 16 to 20 feetSourceElevator shafts
An employee was waiting for the elevator to get to the floor that he worked on. The employee went to step through the elevator door, but the elevator lift was…
NAICS311224EventContact with hot objects or substancesSourceFats, oils, cooking greases
On May 11, 2023, at 8:15 PM, an employee was unloading a railcar. The car had been steamed and the top was vented. The employee connected the unload hose…
NAICS311211EventExposure to other harmful substance-multiple routes of exposureSourceHydrogen chloride, hydrochloric acid
An employee was performing maintenance on an air actuated valve. As the employee was fixing the connection between the airline and the valve, 35% HCL began to leak. The employee…
Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecifiedBODY SYSTEMSHospitalized
NAICS311224EventPart of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incidentSourceForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
On August 6, 2022, an employee was operating a stand-up forklift when it struck a fixed post. The employee's left thumb was caught between the forklift and the…
NAICS311612EventFall on same level due to slipping SourceFloor, n.e.c.
An employee had just finished loading meat onto a conveyor belt. While walking in her work area, she slipped and fell on a mixture of oil and water. The employee…
NAICS311211EventContact with objects and equipment, unspecifiedSourcePackaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
On July 22, 2020, at approximately 12:15 PM, the injured employee had been removing a jammed bag from a packaging machine. A supervisor found the injured employee on the…
Fractures and other injuries, unspecifiedHead and trunkHospitalized
NAICS311224EventOther fall to lower level, unspecifiedSourceRamps, loading docks, dock plates
An employee was preparing a dock plate for a truck that had just arrived at a loading deck. The employee fell from the dock plate and the truck, suffering multiple…
NAICS311611EventCaught in running equipment or machinery during regular operationSourceButchering machinery
The injured employee asked the skinner operator for a long hook that was hanging over a meat conveyor. As the skinner operator retrieved the hook, the injured employee's right…
NAICS424510EventCompressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipmentSourceRopes, ties, chains, unspecified
An employee was securing empty barges when his right middle finger was caught between a mule rope and a barge cleat. He suffered an amputation to the finger.
NAICS311211EventOther fall to lower level less than 6 feetSourceLadders, n.e.c.
At about 2:00 p.m. on February 21, 2019, an employee was descending a rolling ladder on the first floor of a specialty mill. The employee fell from the…
NAICS311615EventFall on same level due to tripping over an object SourceFloor, n.e.c.
An employee was rotating pallets of product on a forklift when he tripped over racks in the distribution area and fell to the same level, injuring his pelvis and back…
NAICS311919EventNonroadway collision with other vehicle, unspecifiedSourceForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
On November 27, 2018, an employee was driving a stand-up forklift backwards when another forklift operator struck him at an intersection. He suffered a broken heel and torn Achilles…
Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.Foot (feet) and ankle(s)Hospitalized
NAICS311612EventCompressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipmentSourceMeat, poultry, seafood
An employee was removing packaging from a block of frozen meat when the block tipped and pinched the employee's fingertip between the block of meat and the table, resulting…
NAICS311611EventCaught in running equipment or machinery, unspecifiedSourceConveyors-belt
On 12/29/2017, an employee was working on a conveyor system when his right thumb was caught and lacerated in a transition point on the belt. His right thumb…
NAICS311611EventStruck against moving part of machinery or equipmentSourceButchering machinery
On June 29, 2017, an employee was pulling product off a conveyor belt to assist a coworker who was cutting the meat product with the bandsaw. He was trying to…