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On October 25, 2021, an employee was attacked by a dog while delivering mail, causing the employee to fall and strike their head on the ground. The employee suffered a fractured skull, bleeding on the brain, bite marks on the arm and leg, and a fractured right arm.

An employee approached a hog that had gotten out of her pen. While defending its babies, the hog bit and knocked down the employee, who suffered face and arm lacerations, puncture wounds on the left arm, and a broken left arm.

On February 2, 2017, at about 5:00 p.m., an employee was attempting to euthanize a possum when it bit the employee's right hand and scratched the employee's right arm. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee tripped over a broom handle, fell, and suffered injuries to the left hip and elbow. The employee was hospitalized.

On June 26, 2025, an employee was walking to clean product from the floor when she slipped on a cardboard display that a customer had knocked onto the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right ankle and required surgery.

An employee was removing decals off the side of a tanker truck while on an 8-foot step ladder. He had one foot on the third rung of the ladder and one foot on the hose tray of the truck. The ladder kicked out from underneath the employee. His feet were tangled in the ladder as he fell approximately 3 feet to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis and required surgery.

An employee was returning from break and walking back to the building from his car when he was struck by a commercial truck and trailer. The truck struck him and when he went to roll out of the way, the trailer ran over his left leg. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture and puncture to his left leg and road rash to both of his legs.

An employee was opening a box to stock the cooler when the box cutter severely lacerated his left palm, requiring surgery.

The injured employee was assisting five other employees with bracing a wall panel that was being stood up. Another employee slipped on frost on the floor surface. The employees went to evacuate the area in anticipation of the wall panel falling over. The injured employee went to jump through a window opening within the wall panel and their lower half was crushed by the falling wall panel. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis.

An employee was using a vertical band saw to cut a thick piece of rubber material. While being cut, the material shifted, causing the employee s right hand to contact the moving blade. The employee's thumb was amputated below the knuckle. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.

A production sanitation employee was pre-rinsing an incline conveyor and noticed cheese stuck between the belt idler. The employee went to remove the cheese and their glove got caught and pulled their left forearm into the conveyor. The employee's arm was fractured. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

An employee was on a ladder, taking measurements for a new gutter installation. The ladder slipped out from under him and both he and the ladder fell to the ground. He was hospitalized with seven broken ribs and a broken clavicle.

An employee was unloading a truck for a delivery job. While moving boxes in the truck, the employee tripped over a pallet and fell out of the truck to the ground, resulting in four broken ribs.