Coca-Cola Bottling Company United, Inc.

An employee secured her pallet jack on a trailer, then turned the handle to lock it. The jack moved and pinned her right leg against the side of the trailer. She suffered a broken tibia and fibula.

An employee was unloading a pallet jack from a flatbed trailer. When the tire of the pallet jack contacted the wood decking of the trailer, the jack shifted abruptly and caused the employee to fall off the side of the trailer, landing on the ground. The employee suffered a laceration to the back of his head, a concussion, and a fractured right elbow.

On January 24, 2024, an employee was using a rag to clean a drum that rotates bottles for labeling. The rag got caught on the drum and pulled their right index finger into the point of operation, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was clearing a jam in a palletizer. The machine started up and pulled the employee's hand into a chain and sprocket, amputating four fingers.

On November 16, 2021, an employee was loading product onto a truck at the warehouse loading dock. While unjamming the dock plate, his right middle finger was caught between the dock plate and the trailer's threshold, resulting in amputation of his right middle finger at the nail.

An employee was driving a forklift when it collided with another forklift. The employee's middle finger was pinched between the two forklifts and partially amputated.

An employee was operating an ATV when they were struck by a vehicle. The employee sustained multiple bruises and internal injuries.

A temporary employee was operating a powered industrial truck and attempting to maneuver around another automated powered industrial truck when the vehicles collided. The employee sustained a crush injury to their right foot.

An employee was operating a double pallet jack down an aisle when he was struck by another double pallet jack. The employee's right lower leg was then caught between the pallet jack and a rack beam, resulting in an injury just above the right ankle that required hospitalization.

An employee was operating a ride-on double pallet jack when he was struck from behind by another pallet jack. Their lower right leg was caught resulting in fractures to the tibia and fibula.

An employee was delivering beverages when he fell from the truck's liftgate to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured wrist, a dislocated shoulder, and bruised ribs.

An employee was performing maintenance under a van. The van slipped off the jack and struck the employee, who suffered broken ribs in the left upper torso. The employee was hospitalized.

During scheduled preventative maintenance, an employee was searching for vertical bagger shafts. Upon locating a box thought to contain new shafts, the employee removed two high-powered magnets from bubble wrap. The magnets forcefully attracted to each other and amputated the employee's fingertip.

An employee was walking beside a pallet jack while operating it and became pinned between the pallet jack and some pallets. The employee sustained a fractured left leg.

An employee was replenishing product in a warehouse aisle. They collapsed and fell onto their back, striking their head on the concrete and suffering a laceration to the back of their head and injuries requiring hospitalization and brain surgery.

A driver was exiting his vehicle outside the plant gate when his foot slipped on the top step of the truck. He fell to the ground, landed on his left hip and elbow. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip/femur.

A security employee was responding to an urgent call from staff regarding a violent patient. The employee tripped and fell on the floor outside of the stairwell. The employee sustained a closed head injury, contusion of the cerebrum without loss of consciousness, and a closed fracture of the distal end of the right radius.

A security employee was holstering her firearm when the gun discharged a bullet into her right leg. The employee was hospitalized.

A temporary employee was testing an electrical starter motor. He was placing tape on the starter while the breaker was not engaged, but the starter sent an arc flash that burned his hands and stomach.

An employee was walking on a sidewalk and stubbed his toe on an elevated portion of concrete, causing him to trip and fall. The employee's right knee was dislocated.