SEABOARD FOODS LLC

An employee was working at the base of a chute that was dispensing processed pig feet into a container. The employee was retrieving the feet and packaging them in boxes. As she turned and stepped back to pick up an empty box, she stepped onto the edge of a tub under the chute, lost her balance, and fell to the concrete floor. Her left femur was broken near the hip. She was hospitalized.

An employee was walking on the production floor when they slipped on a piece of animal fat and fell. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left ankle and required surgery.

An employee was placing a loin back into the hopper with a small meat hook. The meat got stuck in the conveyor belt, which pulled his right index finger into the hopper door and his right index fingertip was amputated.

An employee was leaving work and walking to their car when they slipped and fell on ice, resulting in a head injury.

An employee was loading an animal carcass into a skid loader bucket and placed his left foot onto the loader for leverage. The bucket was then activated, causing the employee's foot to become caught in a pinch point and injured.

An employee was emptying and cleaning a trash container when he noticed a bite on his ribcage. The employee was hospitalized for a poisonous spider bite.

An employee was bitten by a copperhead snake while loading firewood.

An employee was working an investigation. He pulled a trash can from a suspect s house and was bitten by fire ants. On the way back to the office the employee developed hives and went into anaphylactic shock. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was stung multiple times by bees while they were in a field. He suffered a severe allergic reaction and was hospitalized.

An employee was picking up brush and debris for storm restorations when their left index finger was bitten by a copperhead snake.

An employee was holding a barn door open while putting a tool away. The door shut on the employee's right hand, causing a partial amputation to the little finger.

An employee was using a bolting device to euthanize pigs when he slipped and fell. The bolting device pierced his pelvic area and the employee's femur was fractured. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

A mature sow in the gestation barn struck a gate and the gate swung around, striking an employee's right ankle and causing a crush injury.

An employee was moving a dead animal using a removal cart. While transporting the animal, the cart tipped over and landed on the employee, resulting in a tibia fracture.

An employee was helping remove a dead animal from a barn. A truck was backing up to the barn to retrieve the body, and its lift platform pinned the employee's leg against the barn. The leg was severely lacerated and the employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was helping to move a 1,300-pound coil on a cart. The steel caster hit a crack in the concrete, the weld holding the caster onto the cart broke, and the coil and cart tipped over onto the employee. He was hospitalized with a laceration on his forehead and a pelvic fracture on his right side.

An employee was working in the food service warehouse when he experienced chest pain, difficulty breathing, and lost consciousness. The employee sustained carbon monoxide poisoning.

An employee was cutting a piece of metal rod with a metal cutting machine. His right middle finger became caught between the rod and the machine's table. The employee's fingertip was partially amputated.

An employee was working at her desk. She went to stand up and fell to the floor beside the desk. The employee sustained a hip displacement and required surgery.

An employee was processing wood boards at a chop saw when the saw malfunctioned and the blade cut her left hand and fingers. She was hospitalized and her little finger was surgically amputated.