Mclane/Midwest, Inc.

An employee was operating a rider pallet jack when it struck a stand-up forklift. The forks struck both of the employee's ankles, resulting in hospitalization.

On March 18, 2021, an employee was hospitalized after their foot was crushed between a forklift and a steel beam.

An employee was cleaning vents from a scissor lift. The employee fell through an opening to the ground about 8 feet below. The employee suffered a head injury causing brain bleeding and was hospitalized.

An employee was pinned between a semi-trailer and a dock door resulting in a crushed pelvis, fractured vertebrae and internal bleeding that required hospitalization.

An employee lost control of a forklift while turning, and the employee's left hand got pinned between the racking and the forklift fracturing it.

An employee was using a saw to cut a piece of concrete when the piece gave way and pushed the saw into the employee's leg. The employee's leg was lacerated, requiring stitches and hospitalization.

An employee was using a utility knife to cut honeycomb paper when the knife amputated their left index fingertip.

An employee was cleaning a resident's chimney. While using a drill, the employee's glove became caught in the drill and their finger was fractured.

An employee was grinding some hardfacing on a bulldozer blade when the 9-inch grinder kicked back and lacerated his left leg above the knee. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was operating a rotating tool to place thread protectors on the end of pipe. Her left hand was on the rotating part of the tool when the tool engaged, resulting in a left forearm fracture and a thumb laceration.

An employee was was exiting a car they were detailing when a malfunction caused it to move. The employee was pinned between the car door and a pole, suffering a lower left leg fracture and crushing injuries.

An employee was operating an electric stand-behind double pallet jack. He was turning around on the dry dock to go in the opposite direction toward the freezer. Midway through the turn, his left leg was caught between the pallet jack and some racking. The employee's left ankle was fractured.

An employee was reversing a transport truck out of a parking space when the side mirror of the truck contacted another tractor and it folded inward. The employee went to fold the mirror back out and their left ring finger slipped into a recessed area of the adjusting mechanism, causing the mirror base to amputate his left ring finger.

An employee was operating a stand-up reach truck. He was taking a small pallet of product through a dock area when another stand-up reach truck struck him. The steel forks punctured his lower right calf, also breaking a bone in the same area. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

On October 8, 2024, an employee was wiping down the core cutter machine when his cleaning rag was caught by the running belt pulling his right ring finger into the belt assembly and resulting in a partial amputation.

An employee fell while moving a water canister, resulting in fractures to four fingers on her right hand.

An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.

An employee was mixing sauce using a sauce barrel mixer when his left little finger was amputated.

An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.

A temporary employee was carrying a nail gun through the warehouse when it hit his leg, activated, and fired a nail into the leg.