Supreme Rice, LLC

An employee was unclogging a bran airlock system. After removing a pipe spool piece and removing bran from inside the airlock, the employee turned the machine on to see if it was unlogged. The machine then crushed the employee's left hand.

An employee was crossing under a conveyor to get to the other side when his jacket sleeve was caught in the conveyor. The employee's right hand and arm were pulled into the machine and he sustained severe lacerations that resulted in surgical amputation of the lower right arm.

An employee was unclogging a pearler machine when the blade amputated their right thumb. The machine was running and was unguarded at the time.

An employee was repairing a manlift because the cables had come off the pulley. He was putting the cable back on the counterweight when both hands became caught in the cable and pulley, resulting in the amputation of the left index finger and the tip of the right ring finger.

An employee was using a pallet wrapper machine when the chain on the roller conveyor broke. The employee fixed the chain then asked another employee to move the conveyor forward to have the chain jump back on the pulley. The employee suffered an amputation to the left middle finger.

On December 19, 2023, an employee was setting up a copper wire drawing machine when his left ring finger was pinched between a copper wire and a machine part. The employee's finger was partially amputated.

An employee was examining a machine when a part moved up and amputated a fingertip on their left hand.

An employee was checking the gusset seal on a machine. He moved to the next cross sealer and the machine activated, causing an amputation to a left-hand finger. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was evaluating a coiling machine to verify that the blade was present inside it. The machine's weld function was activated, and the machine crushed the employee's fingers, resulting in the amputation of the left middle and ring fingers.

An employee's right hand was caught in a wire drawing machine, resulting in amputation.

Two forklift drivers were stopped next to each other and were talking. The injured employee leaned out of their forklift as the other forklift was leaving and they became pinned between the two forklifts. The injured employee was hospitalized with a fractured rib and a lacerated lung.

At about 3:30 p.m. on May 8, 2025, an employee slipped and fell backward while walking around equipment. He landed on the ground, near a water trench into which a steam line and a condensation return line were piped. Hot water from the trench burned his back between the shoulder blades.

An employee was troubleshooting a motor when their right little finger became pinched between the belt and pulley, resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

An employee was driving a forklift to a shipping dock. While he was rounding a corner, a stack of totes fell, and the top of one of the totes struck the outside of his left calf. He was hospitalized.

A crew was preparing a 20-foot section of 12-inch high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe to be swung into a welder using an excavator, where it would be welded onto a longer run of pipe. One employee was facing the longer pipe in the welder while the 20-foot section was being rigged. The 20-foot section moved and struck the employee's left knee. The employee's left leg was broken below the knee.

A driver was exiting his vehicle outside the plant gate when his foot slipped on the top step of the truck. He fell to the ground, landed on his left hip and elbow. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip/femur.

A security employee was responding to an urgent call from staff regarding a violent patient. The employee tripped and fell on the floor outside of the stairwell. The employee sustained a closed head injury, contusion of the cerebrum without loss of consciousness, and a closed fracture of the distal end of the right radius.

A security employee was holstering her firearm when the gun discharged a bullet into her right leg. The employee was hospitalized.

A temporary employee was testing an electrical starter motor. He was placing tape on the starter while the breaker was not engaged, but the starter sent an arc flash that burned his hands and stomach.

An employee was walking on a sidewalk and stubbed his toe on an elevated portion of concrete, causing him to trip and fall. The employee's right knee was dislocated.