Foremost Farms USA, Cooperative

An employee was cleaning a vat when she disconnected a water pipe and was sprayed by a 160-degree caustic solution, suffering burns.

An employee was attempting to close a valve on a milk transfer line when the valve snapped shut under pressure, closing on and partially amputating the employee's right ring fingertip.

An employee was operating a forklift. When he went to pull the cord to activate the door opener, his right hand became caught in the cord. As he moved forward, his ring fingertip was caught and amputated between the cord and the roll cage on the forklift.

An employee was working at a drive-thru window when she suffered an asthma attack that required hospitalization.

An employee developed nausea and dizziness after being exposed to a substance in a restroom. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee suffered a reaction to an unknown object or substance, resulting in a body rash, swelling of the throat, and vomiting that required hospitalization.

An employee was trying to identify the location of a blockage in a pneumatic line. Two pipes in the line came apart, expelling batch mix onto the employee. The employee suffered abrasions and burns to the head, neck, and back.

An employee's face was burned by asphalt mixture. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was cleaning off a pulley on a conveyor belt when the conveyor caught her right index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was preparing for a clean-in-place (CIP) process and removed a cap from a pipe to connect another pipe. Hot water (approximately 170 degrees) splashed onto the employee, causing burns to her hands, left forearm, and both thighs.

On March 2, 2025, an employee was walking to a maintenance shop when they slipped on a wet tile floor and fell, resulting in a fractured right wrist.

An employee was checking an inline magnet. The magnet was placed on a cart next to another magnet and the magnets moved toward each other. The employee's right ring fingertip was caught and amputated.

An employee was walking near a spring-mounted valve when the valve opened. Steam was released and burned the employee's arm, resulting in hospitalization.

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.