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Riceland Foods, Inc.

NAICS424510 Event Fall on same level resulting in exposure or contact Source Other constructed surface

On September 23, 2025, an employee was monitoring a feed roller when they tripped and their right hand contacted the roller. The employee was hospitalized and their right hand was…
Amputations involving bone loss Wrist(s) Hospitalized Amputation
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Riceland Foods Inc

NAICS311212 Event Other fall to lower level unspecified Source Hoists, lifts scissor, telescoping

An employee was exiting a manlift when his left foot slipped and he fell off the manlift step, fracturing his pelvis.
Fractures Pelvis Hospitalized
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Riceland Foods Inc

NAICS311212 Event Other fall to lower level unspecified Source Hoists, lifts scissor, telescoping

An employee was riding a manlift up from the ground floor when they fell several feet from the manlift to the floor. The employee sustained a fractured left femur.
Fractures Thigh(s) Hospitalized
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Riceland Foods Inc

NAICS311212 EventCaught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation SourcePackaging, wrapping, bundling machinery

An employee was wrapping pallets when the pallet wrapper became stuck near the top. The employee was adjusting the photo eye when their right middle fingertip was amputated by the…
Amputations Fingertip(s) Amputation
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Riceland Foods Inc

NAICS311212 EventStruck by object or equipment, n.e.c. SourceManlifts

An employee was preparing to mount a manlift when it caught their abdomen and pinned the employee between the lift and the wall, lifting him up and wedging him between…
Fractures Thoracic region Hospitalized
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Riceland Foods, Inc.

NAICS311212 EventCaught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified SourceValves, nozzles

An employee was unclogging rice hulls from a machine. The machine's rotary valve amputated the pad of the employee's left middle finger.
Amputations Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. Amputation
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Riceland Foods Inc

NAICS424490 EventCompressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment SourceFood and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified

Two employees were installing a motor belt onto a piece of equipment when an employee's right middle finger was pinched between the motor pulley and the belt, amputating his…
Amputations Fingertip(s) Amputation
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Riceland Foods, Inc.

NAICS311212 EventCaught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified SourceFood and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified

An employee was observing rice in cooling bins. The employee tried to get a sample of brown rice; a roller nip point caught the employee's right glove and pulled…
Amputations Fingertip(s) Amputation
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Riceland Foods, Inc.

NAICS311212 EventJack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway SourceForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

On August 12, 2022, at 8:58 p.m., a temporary employee was driving a forklift when they made a sharp turn and the forklift tipped over. The employee jumped…
Fractures Leg(s), unspecified Hospitalized
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Riceland Foods, Inc.

NAICS311212 EventCaught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified SourceFood and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.

An employee was adjusting a belt for a rice milling machine. The pulley and belt snagged the employee's work glove, pulling the employee's right middle finger into a…
Amputations Fingertip(s) Amputation
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Riceland Foods Inc

NAICS424510 EventOther fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet SourceManlifts

An employee was climbing up a manlift to a screw conveyor to perform preventative maintenance. He fell backward off the manlift to the concrete floor about 7 feet below, suffering…
Bruises, contusions Leg(s), unspecified Hospitalized
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Riceland Foods, Inc.

NAICS311212 EventStruck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker SourceMachine and appliance parts, unspecified

On January 29, 2022, at 8:15 a.m., an employee was carrying machine parts for a milling machine while entering a building at the first-floor stairwell. The employee…
Amputations Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. Amputation
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Riceland Foods, Inc.

NAICS311212 EventOther fall to lower level, unspecified SourceLadders, unspecified

An employee was working from a ladder when they fell onto the lid of a running screw conveyor that was not bolted down. The lid was knocked out of the…
Amputations Lower leg(s) Amputation
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Riceland Foods, Inc.

NAICS311212 EventOther fall to lower level less than 6 feet SourceLadders, unspecified

An employee was climbing a ladder to check a metal detector when he fell approximately 4 feet to the floor, landing on his back, resulting in a back injury.
Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified Hospitalized
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Riceland Foods Inc

NAICS311212 EventCaught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning SourceSpecial process machinery, unspecified

An employee was taking samples of soybean quality. One of the pneumatic probe openings was clogged with soybeans. While the employee used a 3-inch stick to clear the clog…
Amputations Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. Amputation
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Riceland Foods, Inc.

NAICS311212 EventCompressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment SourceForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

A 2500 lbs. tote bag had fallen over. An employee was holding open a loop on top of the bag to accommodate the forks of a forklift. His finger was…
Amputations Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. Amputation
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Riceland Foods, Inc.

NAICS424510 EventMultiple types of overexertion involving outside sources SourceShovels

An employee suffered an abdominal injury while shoveling soap stock into a drain. He was hospitalized.
Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders Hospitalized
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Riceland Foods, Inc.

NAICS311212 EventCaught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning SourceMachinery, unspecified

At 11:00 p.m. on November 9, 2020, an employee was cleaning a VTA machine. A blade on the machine contacted the employee's left index fingertip, causing an…
Amputations Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. Amputation
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Riceland Foods, Inc.

NAICS424510 EventCaught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning SourceFood and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.

An employee was troubleshooting a bean huller when their right thumb was amputated above the first knuckle by the motor of the bean huller cyclone.
Amputations Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. Amputation
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Riceland Foods, Inc.

NAICS311212 EventCaught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning SourceFood and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.

An employee was cleaning a rice miller's cooling chamber discharge. The feed screw inside the machine caught his right index finger, amputating it below the nailbed.
Amputations Fingertip(s) Amputation
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RICELAND FOODS, INC.

NAICS311212 EventOther fall to lower level, unspecified SourceMovable ladders, unspecified

An employee was working from a ladder to fix a hole in a spout. The ladder slipped and the employee slid down the ladder, catching his thumb on the ladder…
Amputations Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified Amputation
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Riceland Foods, Inc.

NAICS311212 EventCaught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning SourceFood and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified

An employee was working on an R-valve that was clogged with rice. He was using a metal rod to break up the clog. When the clog of rice broke…
Amputations Fingertip(s) Amputation
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Riceland Foods, Inc.

NAICS424510 EventStruck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. SourceContainers-variable restraint, n.e.c.

Employee 1 was using a front-end loader inside a concrete storage bin to scoop up a boulder of burnt soybeans that had clumped together. Employee 1 could not scoop…
Fractures Pelvis Hospitalized
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Riceland Foods, Inc.

NAICS311212 EventCaught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning SourceConveyors-bucket, cup

A bucket in a drag conveyor came loose and fell to the bottom of the drag conveyor. A temporary employee was attempting to retrieve the bucket when the drag conveyor…
Amputations Forearm(s) Hospitalized Amputation
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RICELAND FOODS INC

NAICS311212 EventCaught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified SourceFood and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.

An employee was cleaning out a column dryer when his right index fingertip was pinched and amputated between the feed rollers.
Amputations Fingertip(s) Amputation
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