An employee was pushing logs into the pasteurizer bottom deck with their left hand, while their right hand was on the track on a plastic sliding door. As the employee was finishing up the task, the plastic sliding door moved, scraping the right little finger that was in the track and resulting in a fingertip amputation.
An employee was operating and standing on a dock plate when he slipped. While trying to catch himself, his right middle and ring fingers were pinched in between the plate's joint and lip, causing an avulsion to the soft tissue on the fingers.
A conveyor was stopped, but then became unstuck and started moving. An employee's right hand was pinched between the conveyor and a support bracket on the side. A quarter-inch of the employee's index finger was amputated.
An employee was making a delivery to a restaurant when an unknown insect bit or stung the employee. The employee developed an infection and was hospitalized.
An employee was walking up a jetway after exiting an aircraft when they felt a sharp pain in their lower back and they collapsed to the floor. The employee sustained a herniated disc that was compressing on the sciatic nerve.
An employee stepped off the back of his truck. He then took a few steps and his knee gave out and hyper-extended, resulting in a torn tendon in his right leg.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 312120)
An employee was carrying a bucket of acid to his workstation for cleaning purposes. He slipped and fell, and the acid spilled into his eyes. He suffered eye injuries and was hospitalized.
Two maintenance workers were troubleshooting an actuator. They removed the end covers to check for air leakage around the piston head. When they connected an air hose to the side of the actuator and applied pressure, the piston head blew out of its housing. It struck one of the employees in the chest, causing the employee to fall to the ground. The employee suffered an abdomen contusion, resulting in a laceration to the liver, and was hospitalized.
On March 25, 2025, an employee was closing the hurricane-rated sliding door and pinched her right index finger between the door and the doorframe, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
An employee was troubleshooting a machine when he slipped and went to brace himself. His hand entered the machine and the blade contacted his finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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 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.