Wiers Farm, Inc.

On July 27, 2017, at approximately 12:00 p.m., an employee was cleaning out the radish topper and reached inside to remove material. The machine was running and the employee's right middle fingertip was amputated.

An employee was changing mud cups in the hopper cylinders of a concrete pump truck. The cylinders moved and three of the employees fingers were amputated.

An employee was standing on the rig floor next to a polishing unit. His hand was placed on the polishing unit when the pump was lowered, resulting in amputation of their right thumb, ring, and middle fingertips.

An employee was using air to blow out the air wash to the blender and grinder station. As the employee reached to verify that the air wash was clean, the unit pinched and amputated their fingertip.

An employee was retrieving a lost drill pipe with a lifting bail when their left thumb got pinched between the table and handle of the lifting bail while trying to re-thread the pipe to lift it out. The employee suffered an amputation to the left thumb.

An employee was removing a core chuck from a stationary roll when their right ring finger was pinched between the chuck and the roll. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

During pressure testing of a heater pipe, the end-cap blew off and struck an employee in the head and shoulder area. The employee sustained fractures to his collarbone and jaw, as well as injuries to his spleen and liver. He also required stitches in his eyebrow.

An employee was clearing a jam in the fertilizer drill hose. The machine was activated and the door on the fertilizer drill amputated their right middle fingertip. The fingertip required surgery.

An employee was cutting zip ties while securing a hose to a pipe and the knife lacerated the employee's right forearm.

An employee was moving large totes. The tote shifted and knocked him to the ground. He fell on his left side and fractured his left femur.

An employee was cleaning out the belt line on a corn husker machine underneath the gears when their right arm was caught in the gears, resulting in an amputation above the elbow.

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.