Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Kellogg Company, 1675 Surrogate Road, ZANESVILLE, OHIO 43701
on — Fractures, affecting the elbow(s).
Final narrative
An employee walking between buildings slipped on the damp floors and fell. She broke a bone in her elbow and was hospitalized.
An employee was installing a clean bran mash hopper when their right little finger was caught between the hopper and a pipe, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
An employee was using a step ladder to access a conveyor belt 10 feet above the floor. He lost his footing on the ladder, reached out to grab something stable, and grabbed the tension roller. The running belt pulled his right hand and forearm in between the tensioner and the belt, causing a compound fracture to the humerus and radius.
On August 29, 2019, an employee was driving a sit-down forklift when it struck a barrier. The employee was found unconscious on the ground, having suffered a neck injury. He was hospitalized.
On 6/04/2019, an employee was performing a sanitation detail on a conveyor belt. His arm was caught in the roller and twisted resulting in a fractured forearm that required surgery and hospitalization.
An employee was operating an electric pallet jack when the right side of her vehicle was struck by a clamp lift that was being operated by another employee. She suffered hip and back injuries.
An employee was working in the forest flagging an area to be harvested. He took a step and his foot slipped on a stick hidden under the leaves, causing him to fall to the ground. He landed on his right foot/lower leg resulting in a fractured tibia.
An employee was inspecting an apartment to ensure it was ready for a new resident to move in. The carpet in the apartment had been recently cleaned and was still wet. As the employee went from the carpet to the tiled floor of the bathroom, they slipped and fell, resulting in a torn left hamstring.
An employee was delivering a letter along a rural carrier route when she stepped on an ice-covered snow drift, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a right hip fracture that required surgery.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 311412)
An employee was performing maintenance under a kettle. When he removed a tri-clamp on a transfer line, the hot fat and broth material in the kettle poured out onto his arm. The employee was hospitalized with burns.
An employee was walking on top of boiler to close a valve. The employee fell off the boiler and landed on the floor, sustaining fractured ribs. The employee was hospitalized.
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.
An employee was working to deliver mail to an apartment building. She was waiting for a customer to move, to obtain clearance to the mailboxes. The door swung inward and closed on her right little finger. The top half of her finger was surgically amputated.
An employee fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.
On October 30, 2025, an employee was working to adjust a stackable metal shipping container. As the container dropped into place, it caught the employee's hands in an area between the upper and lower cross-members. The employee suffered a laceration to the left ring finger that required stitches, bruising to the right ring finger, and fractures to the right middle finger that necessitated medical amputation of the fingertip.
An employee was moving a scissor lift through a doorway. The employee was pinned between the scissor lift and the doorframe, sustained a back injury, and was hospitalized.
An employee was setting up communication equipment for a meeting. They were walking and tripped over a speaker on the ground. The employee sustained a leg injury.