Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at General Mills, 2403 S. Pennsylvania Ave. , WELLSTON, OHIO 45692
on — Fractures, affecting the hip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was using a water hose to clean the inside of a walk-in freezer. The water turned to ice and the employee slipped on it, suffering a broken hip.
An employee was changing the belt of a sorting machine. He was on his knees, changing the drive belt under the machine, when lost his balance and hit his head on the framework. He suffered an injury that caused numbness in both arms and hands and was hospitalized.
An employee went to grab his lunch box from a table in the breakroom. He rotated, took a few steps, and then fell to the floor. The employee sustained right femur fracture and was hospitalized.
An employee was troubleshooting a palletizer that wasn't working. While walking on the conveyor, the employee jumped to reach a photo eye and fell on his leg, resulting in a fractured femur.
An employee was operating a forklift and picking a pallet when the vehicle contacted a nearby parked forklift that had the forks raised. The employee sustained a left foot fracture and laceration.
An employee was working in the forest flagging an area to be harvested. He took a step and his foot slipped on a stick hidden under the leaves, causing him to fall to the ground. He landed on his right foot/lower leg resulting in a fractured tibia.
An employee was inspecting an apartment to ensure it was ready for a new resident to move in. The carpet in the apartment had been recently cleaned and was still wet. As the employee went from the carpet to the tiled floor of the bathroom, they slipped and fell, resulting in a torn left hamstring.
An employee was delivering a letter along a rural carrier route when she stepped on an ice-covered snow drift, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a right hip fracture that required surgery.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 311999)
An employee was reaching for a piece of angle iron when it fell onto his hand, which was on a table to support him as he reached for the overhead rack. He suffered a broken finger and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was working to open the liftgate on the back of a delivery truck. His left middle finger was pinched between the gate and its frame, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
An employee was working to deliver mail to an apartment building. She was waiting for a customer to move, to obtain clearance to the mailboxes. The door swung inward and closed on her right little finger. The top half of her finger was surgically amputated.
An employee fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.
On October 30, 2025, an employee was working to adjust a stackable metal shipping container. As the container dropped into place, it caught the employee's hands in an area between the upper and lower cross-members. The employee suffered a laceration to the left ring finger that required stitches, bruising to the right ring finger, and fractures to the right middle finger that necessitated medical amputation of the fingertip.
An employee was moving a scissor lift through a doorway. The employee was pinned between the scissor lift and the doorframe, sustained a back injury, and was hospitalized.
An employee was setting up communication equipment for a meeting. They were walking and tripped over a speaker on the ground. The employee sustained a leg injury.