LAKESIDE FOODS INC

An employee was working next to a pallet stacked with cardboard trays that was on a fork truck. The stack slipped off the forks of the fork truck and the employee was pinned under the cardboard trays. The employee sustained a broken right femur.

On October 28, 2024, an employee noticed a large carrot in a cutter bowl was not feeding into the slots on a carrot processing line. He went to remove the large carrot and his left middle finger contacted the cutter blades, resulting in amputation of the fingertip pad.

An employee was walking on a crossover at a pallet conveyor. They slipped and their foot became stuck between the rollers. The employee suffered a laceration that required surgery.

An employee was pushing 1,300-pound totes of product down a conveyor when his foot was caught between the conveyor and the roller. The employee sustained a foot injury and was hospitalized.

An employee was walking from their car to the facility in the morning when they slipped on ice and sustained a fractured right ankle.

An employee was fixing ceiling tiles while working from a ladder when they fell to the floor and sustained a hip fracture.

An employee was on an A-frame ladder retrieving materials from a shelf. He slipped and fell and his leg got caught in the ladder rungs, breaking his left tibia.

An employee was unloading materials from a flatbed trailer when they fell from the trailer and landed on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured left leg.

An employee was unloading appliances at a customer location for delivery. The employee was moving a water heater to be placed on the liftgate when he stepped backward and fell to the ground. The employee sustained rib and back injuries.

An employee was coming down a portable ladder when they slipped and fell to the ground, resulting in a right forearm fracture.

An employee was adjusting the tension on the fruit distribution conveyor belt. While testing the tension, the employee's left hand/arm was pulled into the rollers. The employee's lower left arm was fractured.

On September 22, 2025, an employee slipped on a wet surface and fell to the ground. He suffered a broken right hip and was hospitalized.

Forklift drivers were unloading product from a semi trailer. One employee stopped their forklift about 15-20 feet from the back of the trailer, got out, and began adjusting the forklift's forks. Another forklift backed into the employee, who suffered a compound fracture of the left tibia and was hospitalized.

An employee was in the janitorial closet rearranging the janitor's cart. She stepped back and tripped over the wheel of the cart, causing her to fall to the ground and sustain a fractured hip.

An employee was stacking totes on a pallet jack when their right little finger got caught between totes and the fingertip was amputated.

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.