Farm and Fleet of Decatur

An employee was climbing a step ladder while carrying a 3-foot piece of conduit. As he went to reposition his feet on the ladder by pivoting, he slipped and fell from the third rung of a 6-foot ladder. The employee sustained fractures to the left femur, right elbow, and right ring finger.

An employee was descending a 4-step maintenance stand when she missed the bottom step and fell to the hangar floor. The employee suffered a left hip fracture.

An employee stopped a belt and was going to check it for missing packages. She fell backward 3-4 feet from an elevated platform and sustained a broken right arm.

An employee had just finished a routine concrete pour and was ascending the ladder to clean the concrete mixer truck. The employee lost their grip and fell approximately 2-3 feet, contacting the truck's bumper. The employee suffered rib fractures and a punctured lung.

An employee was performing duties as an expeditor. After opening the dock door, the employee scanned the barcode on the door of the truck and placed one foot on the truck and one foot on the dock. The truck drove out of the stall, causing the employee to fall 4 feet off the dock onto the concrete. The employee sustained fractures to the right side of the pelvis, elbow, and a left ring fingertip as well as injuries to the right wrist and bruising to the back and stomach.

An employee was moving a mower when hog fencing panels that were leaning against a wall fell and pinned his right leg, resulting in abrasions to his right knee and leg.

An employee was operating a lawn mower. He fell off while making a turn and the mower ran over his right foot. The employee sustained a laceration on his right ankle.

On September 4, 2025, an employee was working to adjust the wrap on the wrap machine to avoid it tearing. The employee contacted the angle iron guard that surrounds the front of the wrap platform, causing a puncture wound to their right shin. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was unloading plants from a delivery truck and putting them on a nursery lot. The employee became overheated, went into a break room and sat down, and then lost consciousness. He was hospitalized, suffering from dehydration.

An employee was moving a pallet of feed from the floor level of the racking when a beam on the second tier broke causing a pallet of product to fall onto the employee. The employee sustained a fractured femur that required surgery.

An employee fell while moving a water canister, resulting in fractures to four fingers on her right hand.

An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.

An employee was mixing sauce using a sauce barrel mixer when his left little finger was amputated.

An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.

A temporary employee was carrying a nail gun through the warehouse when it hit his leg, activated, and fired a nail into the leg.