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An employee had finished applying pesticide in an area. As he walked away, he slipped; he did not fall, but suffered a lower back sprain.

An employee was cleaning around the rear part of a peanut washing operation. He was repositioning a shovel when the handle slipped from his hands, and his left hand and right thumb were caught in a chain sprocket on the conveyor. His right thumb was amputated and he sustained lacerations to his left hand. The chains and sprockets were unguarded.

An employee was loading a telehandler onto a trailer and the right wheels were misaligned with the trailer, causing the telehandler to tip and fall to the right. The employee went to exit the telehandler as it fell, striking his head on the cage and frame of the telehandler. The employee sustained a concussion, a head laceration, and fractured vertebrae.

An employee was adjusting a rubber drive band on a tractor when the band shifted and pinched their finger against a rotating part. The top of the finger was amputated.

A temporary employee was on top of a cane wagon, throwing cane down to the ground (i.e., planting). He reached the end of the field row and started to feel ill. He experienced cramping and headaches due to heat exhaustion.

An employee became dehydrated while working in a field, planting sugar cane. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was helping install runoff pipes. While installing bedding plastic, the employee lost consciousness due to heat exhaustion.

An employee was riding in a utility task vehicle (UTV) with several children (patrons). One of the children pressed the gas pedal of the UTV and the vehicle struck a fence post. The employee was thrown from the UTV and sustained five broken ribs, a partial pneumothorax to the right lung, an abrasion to the right arm, and contusions to the body. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was removing a pin from a metal gate to let cows out of a parlor. The gate moved and his left middle finger was caught in the pin hole. The employee's finger was partially amputated.

An employee was operating an agricultural tractor when the tire was punctured and the tractor rolled over onto the employee. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured back and bruising to their heart and lungs.

An employee was preparing to go to another ranch location to work cattle. This would include getting the cow dogs from the dog pen which are located behind a mobile home adjacent to the barn. The employee was driving his utility task vehicle (UTV) through the mobile home yard to the dog pens when the UTV hit a hole in the yard while it was turning. This caused the UTV to overturn and land on the employee's left leg, resulting in a fracture to his left fibula that required surgery.

An employee was sorting cows in a pen when a cow struck a gate the employee was standing behind. The gate subsequently struck the employee, causing him to fall backward and hit his head. The employee suffered a closed head injury that required hospitalization.

During pressure testing of a heater pipe, the end-cap blew off and struck an employee in the head and shoulder area. The employee sustained fractures to his collarbone and jaw, as well as injuries to his spleen and liver. He also required stitches in his eyebrow.

An employee was servicing a master lift station and setting up a power analyzer when an arc flash occurred. The employee sustained burns to their hand, arm, neck, and face.

An employee was removing boxes from a flatbed farm truck. The employee fell from the truck's bed to the ground and suffered a broken left knee.

An employee was walking on an uneven surface in the field when they tripped and fell on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured knee.

Two employees were working cattle into cow pens. A cow began chasing the injured employee and he jumped over a fence to get away, landing on the ground and suffering a fractured right leg below the knee.

An employee was working with a bull. When the employee opened a squeeze chute to let the bull out, it came back down the chute, threw the employee against it, and tossed the employee around. The employee was hospitalized with severe bruising and muscle pain.

On January 8, 2025, an employee was exiting a trailer when she missed the bottom step on a set of five steps. The employee fell to the ground and suffered a broken ankle that required hospitalization and surgery.

An employee was repairing an attic ladder on the second floor. The ladder opened, and employee fell through to the floor below. The employee was hospitalized with skull fractures, spinal fractures, and a spleen injury.

An employee was walking down stairs when he missed the last step and fell to the floor, landing on his knees. The employee suffered bilateral quadricep tendon tears with surgery required for both knees.

An employee was spraying trees. The employee's right thigh was punctured by a metal plant stake that went into their leg about 12 cm. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was lowering an above-head gate with chains while moving a cow into a lane. Their fingers got tangled in the chain as the gate dropped, resulting in a lacerated thumb and crushed index and middle fingers.

An employee was lifting the hood of a tractor to jumpstart the battery when his hand slipped and the hood fell and struck his left hand, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger.

An employee was cutting 2-by-4s using a table saw. The wood jammed in the saw, kicked back, and struck him, causing an open fracture to his left ring finger.