Sanderson Farms

An employee was standing next to a vertical bagging machine and an incline conveyor. A pallet jack was entering the area and the employee stepped back out of the way. The rear of the pallet jack pushed an empty pallet toward the employee's feet and her left ankle was pushed into the bottom frame of the bagger machine. She sustained lacerations and an Achilles tendon injury that required surgery.

An employee was cleaning a moving conveyor belt. Her right hand was caught between the belt and an interior sprocket, causing lacerations and potentially broken bones. She was hospitalized.

An employee was attempting to remove a box that was stuck on a conveyor when his finger entered a hole in the belt, pinching it against the belt guide. As a result, he suffered a partial fingertip amputation of the fourth digit on his right hand.

An employee was unloading empty pallet carts. Tension was applied to a flat metal winch hook, and his middle fingertip was pinched between the hook and a pallet cart. He suffered a partial fingertip amputation.

An employee was struck by a forklift while walking to a jockey truck, suffering a broken right tibia and requiring hospitalization.

An employee was operating a machine when a wire pulled his right glove resulting in amputation of the index and middle fingertips.

An employee was grinding chicken when their right index fingertip was caught in the grinder and amputated.

An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.

An employee was passing through a large metal door when the door closed on the employee, resulting in a cracked rib.

An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was unloading a forklift from a trailer to the ground. The employee was climbing down the ladder of the trailer when their foot slipped through one of the rungs, causing them to fall backward onto the forklift forks. The employee was hospitalized for fractured ribs.

An employee was troubleshooting a thigh deboner on a poultry processing line. As he worked to dislodge a thigh bone caught in the blade mechanism, the machine amputated the first and second digits on his left hand. He was hospitalized.

On September 25, 2025, an employee was exiting a yard truck. They slipped and fell approximately 3 feet from the top tread of the steps to the concrete below. The employee sustained a fractured left hip.

On September 17, 2025, an employee was cleaning a cutting machine when the cutting blade amputated their right index finger below the first knuckle.

An employee was operating a stand-up forklift, picking product for an order. The forklift struck a metal rack and the employee's left arm was caught between the forklift and the rack. He was hospitalized with a fracture to the neck of his radius and an open fracture to the olecranon (elbow).

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 inspecting flares processes. The employee received burns to the front side of the body, face and arm from the flares.

An employee was removing plastic material from a production line when the machine cycled and amputated his left index, ring, and little fingers.

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.