SENECA FOODS CORP

An employee was putting divider sheets on cans. As they turned to grab another divider sheet, the employee tripped over the trolley rail and fell to the concrete floor, resulting in a fractured pelvis.

On September 27, 2020, an employee's hand was caught in the rollers of a corn husker resulting in crushing injuries including fractures to the middle two fingers and hospitalization.

An employee was setting up a canning line to package sliced beets. While checking to see if any food was stuck from sanitation, the employee's index finger contacted the rotating metal vanes of the rotary valve resulting in amputation.

An employee was unloading a truck when he experienced pain. He was hospitalized with a hernia.

An employee was cutting pipe when they sustained a laceration to the face. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee suffered two fingertip amputations while working at a plant.

On September 25, 2023, an employee was working in the body department installing doors, hoods, and tailgates. The employee finished their shift and was hospitalized later that evening for a back injury.

An employee was operating a scissor lift and fractured their right ankle.

An employee was adjusting the tension on the fruit distribution conveyor belt. While testing the tension, the employee's left hand/arm was pulled into the rollers. The employee's lower left arm was fractured.

On September 22, 2025, an employee slipped on a wet surface and fell to the ground. He suffered a broken right hip and was hospitalized.

Forklift drivers were unloading product from a semi trailer. One employee stopped their forklift about 15-20 feet from the back of the trailer, got out, and began adjusting the forklift's forks. Another forklift backed into the employee, who suffered a compound fracture of the left tibia and was hospitalized.

An employee was in the janitorial closet rearranging the janitor's cart. She stepped back and tripped over the wheel of the cart, causing her to fall to the ground and sustain a fractured hip.

An employee was stacking totes on a pallet jack when their right little finger got caught between totes and the fingertip was amputated.

The injured employee was assisting five other employees with bracing a wall panel that was being stood up. Another employee slipped on frost on the floor surface. The employees went to evacuate the area in anticipation of the wall panel falling over. The injured employee went to jump through a window opening within the wall panel and their lower half was crushed by the falling wall panel. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis.

An employee was using a vertical band saw to cut a thick piece of rubber material. While being cut, the material shifted, causing the employee s right hand to contact the moving blade. The employee's thumb was amputated below the knuckle. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.

A production sanitation employee was pre-rinsing an incline conveyor and noticed cheese stuck between the belt idler. The employee went to remove the cheese and their glove got caught and pulled their left forearm into the conveyor. The employee's arm was fractured. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

An employee was on a ladder, taking measurements for a new gutter installation. The ladder slipped out from under him and both he and the ladder fell to the ground. He was hospitalized with seven broken ribs and a broken clavicle.

An employee was unloading a truck for a delivery job. While moving boxes in the truck, the employee tripped over a pallet and fell out of the truck to the ground, resulting in four broken ribs.