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An employee was inspecting a pipe in the rice cooking area near an oven. While checking for a clog, the fingers of their right hand were caught in an airlock at the base of the pipe. All the fingers were amputated except the thumb. The employee was hospitalized.

On September 25, 2025, an employee was exiting a yard truck. They slipped and fell approximately 3 feet from the top tread of the steps to the concrete below. The employee sustained a fractured left hip.

An employee was called over to the dinner line due to a black substance under the rotary. The employee was cleaning the black substance from the discharge hole of the rotary when their fingers were struck by the rotary cups. The employee sustained amputation injuries to the middle and ring fingers on their left hand.

On September 17, 2025, an employee was cleaning a cutting machine when the cutting blade amputated their right index finger below the first knuckle.

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.

An employee was standing at a workstation, preparing to hang poultry. The employee reached to close a manual air damper for an air vent, which caught their left middle finger as it closed. The employee suffered an amputation to the fingertip.

An employee was adjusting the belt in a poultry packaging machine whose jaws were not retracting. The employee's right hand was caught in a belt-and-sprocket pinch point, and the employee suffered amputations to the ring and little fingertips.

An employee was waiting for test product to come out of a freezer. While the employee was lowering the basket used to catch the test product, their left little finger was caught between the basket and the side shield on the freezer slide chute, resulting in an amputation to the fingertip.

An employee was testing a limit switch on a bale bagger. The bagger was activated and moved forward about 9 inches, pinning the employee's right hand. He was hospitalized with a broken thumb and a laceration to the hand.

On August 5, 2025, at 12:50 AM, an employee was cleaning the batter mixing and tempura machine after seeing clumps in the outfeed. Their right ring fingertip was caught between the flight of the belt and the top edge of the slide of the machine resulting in amputation.

On July 21, 2025, at 9:52 a.m., an employee was moving rolls of film from a cart onto a stand when the roll slid to one side and fell through the stand's frame. The core of the roll struck their left hand, crushing their ring finger against the stand and resulting in fractures and a fingertip amputation that required hospitalization.

An employee was changing a part in a mixing room. While removing the part, the employee came into contact with a caustic chemical that burned the employee's left hand and arm. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was walking back to her work station when she tripped over another employee's foot and fell to the floor. The employee sustained a fractured right hip.

An employee was walking to the breakroom when she tripped on her apron and fell to the floor. The employee sustained a fractured right hip.

An employee was making an adjustment to the resin flow on a blow mold machine when his wrench slipped. As he reached for the wrench, the jug molds closed on his right index finger. The employee's finger was amputated.

An employee was cleaning a label cutter drum with a rag. His left index finger was caught in the cutter resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

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 their right middle finger with bone loss.

An employee was operating a scissor lift to clean cobwebs on the ceiling when his left hand was caught between the scissor lift guard rail and a support beam on the ceiling. The employee sustained a partial amputation of his little finger and a laceration on the ring finger.

On May 6, 2025, an employee was unjamming film from a flow wrap machine. The machine cycled and its jaw crushed the tip of the employee's right little finger. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.

An employee sustained a partial amputation of the left index fingertip when his glove was caught in a cutter machine as he was removing a piece of chicken. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

An employee tripped over the corner of a partially loaded pallet and fell to the floor. He suffered a displaced fracture to his right humerus and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was replacing an LED light fixture in the box room, and working to identify why it was not functioning. The employee sustained an electrical shock that resulted in a cardiac event requiring hospitalization.

An employee was removing a jammed vacuum-sealed package of bacon in a packaging machine when four of their fingers were amputated by the machine's blades.

On February 13, 2025, an employee was standing on a shaker table to observe product in the spiral freezer. They lost balance and tried to catch themselves by reaching out with their right hand, contacting a rotating belt that amputated their right index fingertip.

A maintenance technician was changing a wheel on an electric pallet jack. When the employee went to reposition one of the stands supporting the jack, the jack began to lean to one side and fell. The top of the jack struck the employee on the back, resulting in multiple fractures. The employee was hospitalized, requiring hip surgery.