Nestle USA

An employee was rinsing the top of a dough mixer using a power washer. The spray struck his left foot, resulting in a laceration/puncture to the top of the foot.

An employee was returning a powered industrial truck to its charging station before going to break when the truck stopped abruptly and the employee's left foot became stuck between the lift and a support pole, resulting in a foot fracture and crushed big toe.

An employee tripped over a conveyor belt power cord and fell to the ground, resulting in a fractured right hip.

An employee operating a forklift struck a pallet and was caught between the forklift and the pallets, avulsing his buttocks.

On December 19, 2023, an employee was setting up a copper wire drawing machine when his left ring finger was pinched between a copper wire and a machine part. The employee's finger was partially amputated.

An employee was examining a machine when a part moved up and amputated a fingertip on their left hand.

An employee was checking the gusset seal on a machine. He moved to the next cross sealer and the machine activated, causing an amputation to a left-hand finger. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was evaluating a coiling machine to verify that the blade was present inside it. The machine's weld function was activated, and the machine crushed the employee's fingers, resulting in the amputation of the left middle and ring fingers.

An employee's right hand was caught in a wire drawing machine, resulting in amputation.

An employee had been cleaning red garbage bins (gondolas) near the dock area. The employee tripped and fell off the dock. The employee sustained fractures to an elbow and two ribs, and had bleeding in their lungs.

On June 2, 2025, at approximately 8:45 PM, an employee was taking apart the trayoff belt on a conveyor. While working to remove the roller, the employee's left ring finger was crushed between the roller and the frame of the equipment. The employee sustained a partial fingertip amputation.

An employee tripped and fell over a conduit at a chocolate line and was hospitalized with fractures to both wrists and elbows.

An employee was unjamming a hand feed machine in the wrap room. Paper caught the employee's left hand and dragged it into a crimper machine. The employee suffered amputations of the index and middle fingers.

An employee was checking for a blockage in a pneumatic ball valve when the valve closed on his right finger, resulting in an amputation.

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.