Dean Dairy Holdings, LLC

An employee was stepping off a stand-up forklift in the battery charging area in order to charge the lift. The lift moved as the employee stepped off, and it pinched his right ankle between the lift and a metal cart. The employee was hospitalized for a broken right ankle that required surgery.

An employee was making an adjustment to a blow mold machine when a tool slipped from his hand and caused him to lose his balance. His left hand then came in contact with a mold part, amputating his index and middle fingers at the knuckle and his ring fingertip.

An employee fractured the right foot while changing the battery in a stand-up electric forklift.

An employee was working at a filler station. A bottle jammed in the machine. The employee reached into the machine to remove the jam and suffered a partial amputation of the right index finger.

On February 20, 2015, at approximately 6:30 a.m., a maintenance employee was using a 12-inch pedestal grinder to grind spurs off a small piece of metal he was holding in his hand at a 45-degree angle. The end of the piece of metal got caught between the grinding wheel and the work rest, causing the piece part to become lodged in a fixed vertical position against the grinding wheel and catching the employee's left thumb between the piece part and the grinding wheel. The employee was treated in the emergency room immediately following the accident with a fractured and lacerated thumb. Upon subsequent referral to a hand surgeon, the diagnosis was expanded to include partial amputation of the thumb.

An employee was changing a saw blade when the saw machine activated. The employee's left ring and little fingers were amputated.

An employee was clearing a jam from the label cutting machine when their left middle finger was partially amputated.

Two employees were repairing the hydraulic engagement pins on a rented front-end wheel loader. The machine controls were activated to move the attachment pins and an employee's finger was caught between the pins and the bushings. Their right index finger was partially amputated.

An employee was cleaning the conveyor on a piece of equipment when they slipped and their right hand was pulled into the chain sprocket. The employee's fifth fingertip was amputated.

An employee was throwing blankets onto a blanket folding and stacking machine. A blanket got stuck in the machine and she attempted to remove it when the machine contacted her right little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was performing rear brake shoe service on a truck. The employee was using a prybar to remove a spring when the spring slipped from the S-cam and amputated his left index fingertip.

An employee was unjamming a case that was stuck in a case washer machine when their pants became entangled in a chain, causing them to be sprayed with hot water from the machine. They employee suffered burns from the hot water.

An employee was cleaning out a butter fat tank. The employee slipped and fell, suffering a broken right leg.

An employee was clearing a cup jam on a cup conveyor when their left hand was caught between the conveyor and an idler roller located on another conveyor line directly above the jam. The employee received an abrasion and friction burn to the hand that required hospitalization.

An employee was performing routine maintenance on an air valve when their right ring finger became caught in the valve. The employee sustained an amputation to the fingertip.

An employee was closing a door when the door closed on their right index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.

An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.

An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.

An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.