Kellogg Co.

An employee was rinsing a barrel that contained an acidic chemical down a drain. Bleach from a mop bucket was emptied down the same drain, creating chlorine gas. The employee inhaled the gas and was hospitalized for chest tightness, difficulty breathing, and shortness of breath. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was riding on a powered pallet jack near a sewer drain. The pallet jack hit a dip near the sewer drain, and the employee s left foot hit a clamp truck parked in a charging station. He suffered a cut to the big toe, as well as fractures in the toe and the foot.

An employee went to step off material handling equipment to grab their jacket when the throttle of the vehicle engaged. The vehicle reversed and the employee's left foot was crushed between two material handlers, resulting in a fracture.

An employee was working at a height of approximately 20 feet and was standing outside his forklift's basket attachment. His forklift was struck by another forklift, causing the employee to fall to the warehouse floor below. The employee sustained facial injuries, broke two ribs and an arm, and also suffered a head injury. The employee was wearing a harness at the time but it was not connected to an anchor point.

On November 8, 2023, an employee was operating a stand-up pallet jack in the warehouse. As he was backing up, the pallet jack struck the basket of a parked aerial lift. His right ankle became caught between the pallet jack and the aerial lift basket resulting in a fractured ankle.

On October 26, 2023, at approximately 12:00 PM, an employee operating a four wheeler was on their way to an off-property break location. The employee stopped the four wheeler near the administrative office to allow a log truck to exit the property. The log truck backed up, and the employee's left ankle was caught between the log truck trailer and the four wheeler, resulting in a fracture and laceration.

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 was removing product build-up from the corners of the jump belt on a machine. The machine started and the employee's left thumb was caught between the guiderail and the belt. Their thumb tip was amputated.

An employee was monitoring the food stream from the picker into a cooling valve when she saw a piece of plastic on the food. As she attempted to remove the plastic, the picker wrapped around and pulled her hand, resulting in an injury that required hospitalization.

An employee was installing a clean bran mash hopper when their right little finger was caught between the hopper and a pipe, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was at the top of a rolling step lock ladder taking a bolt out of a sprocket using a box wrench. When the bolt broke loose, the employee lost his balance and fell backward 4-5 feet onto the floor. He sustained fractures to the clavicle, scapula, and three ribs as well as a laceration to the back of his head.

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.