Farmer Bros Co.

On February 22, 2022, an employee had just opened the doors on the back of a truck to unload product when the wind forced a door to slam shut on his right hand. The employee suffered an amputation above the knuckle on the ring finger.

An employee was on a walkie rider and lost control, slamming into a staged pallet of merchandise and falling off the rider. The employee suffered a foot injury.

An employee connected a steam line to a hose to clean equipment when the fitting broke loose. They were struck by steam in the left inner thigh, resulting in burns that required hospitalization.

An employee was straining hot water from a pot of rice when the water splashed onto them, resulting in burns to their chest, arms, shoulder, and back.

An employee was making tea when she noticed tea grinds were collecting on the side and water was no longer dripping through the funnel. The employee was checking the funnel when boiling water and tea grinds spilled onto the left side of her body. The employee sustained burns to her neck, back, and arm.

An employee had turned off the ball valve on a waterpipe system and was removing the plug when the coupling system attached to the strainer came apart. Hot water sprayed on his arm and back, resulting in first- and second-degree burns that required surgery.

An employee was using a shovel to remove waste vermiculite from molten zinc. The metal had been placed in a bin and partially hardened. The employee broke through the partially hardened metal; still-molten metal flowed to the employee's steel-toed right boot and entered through the cloth boot tongue. The employee suffered a third-degree burn to the right foot and was hospitalized.

On June 20, 2025, an employee was grabbing boxes from a conveyor and staging them on a pallet. While they were picking up a box, the employee's right hand was caught between the roller and the belt of the conveyor line, resulting in a right ring fingertip amputation and a laceration to their right middle finger.

An employee was using a forklift to drop a bulk bag of coffee scraps into a dumpster. The forklift overturned and the employee was pinned under the forklift. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their pelvis and femur.

On October 27, 2023, an employee was getting onto a forklift to diagnose a computer problem when a forklift at the exit side of flow racking pushed a pallet into the rack. This caused a pallet of corrugated boxes at the other end to fall approximately 15 feet and strike the employee. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to the ankle, rib, and potentially his back.

An employee was changing a roll of film in a fill and seal machine. As she reached over the top of the belt, her left index finger was caught, amputating the fingertip.

The injured employee was observing a temporary employee for hands-on certification of a standup forklift. The temporary employee was backing down the aisle when the forklift pinned the injured employee against the upright of a warehouse rack. The injured employee sustained a laceration to an eye, and hematomas to their chest and foot.

After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.

An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.

An employee was inspecting flares processes. The employee received burns to the front side of the body, face and arm from the flares.

An employee was removing plastic material from a production line when the machine cycled and amputated his left index, ring, and little fingers.

An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.