McLane Company Inc.

An employee had just finished unloading his truck. He pulled the dock plate up and reached to pull the door down. His foot went between the dock plate and the trailer, causing him to fall to the right and break his leg. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was driving a forklift toward the parking area when he struck another forklift, crushing his left foot.

The injured employee was selecting food product from a pick slot while standing between her cart and the pick slot. Another employee approached on his tow tractor; he went to turn his tow tractor around so the hitch could attach to his cart, which was next to the injured employee's cart. While the tow tractor was turning around, it struck the injured employee's cart. The injured employee was struck by the hitch of her cart and was pinned between her cart and the pick slot. The employee sustained a severe laceration to her left leg.

An employee was loading a truck using a pallet jack. While backing up, the employee's right foot was caught between a pole and the pallet jack. He sustained a crushing injury.

An employee was driving a stand-up forklift while following behind a co-worker who was also driving a stand-up forklift. The co-worker slowed down to stop when the employee ran into their forklift and their left leg contacted the forklift's fork, resulting in a laceration.

An employee was changing a saw blade when the saw machine activated. The employee's left ring and little fingers were amputated.

An employee was clearing a jam from the label cutting machine when their left middle finger was partially amputated.

Two employees were repairing the hydraulic engagement pins on a rented front-end wheel loader. The machine controls were activated to move the attachment pins and an employee's finger was caught between the pins and the bushings. Their right index finger was partially amputated.

An employee was cleaning the conveyor on a piece of equipment when they slipped and their right hand was pulled into the chain sprocket. The employee's fifth fingertip was amputated.

An employee was throwing blankets onto a blanket folding and stacking machine. A blanket got stuck in the machine and she attempted to remove it when the machine contacted her right little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee fell while exiting a trailer. The employee landed on their left side on the pavement, suffering multiple broken ribs on the left side. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was hooking up a set of 28-foot trailers, attaching a converter dolly to the lead trailer's pintle hook. He backed up the lead trailer and parked it a foot from the converter dolly, then lifted the converter dolly and rolled it to the lead trailer to set it onto the hook. The converter dolly kicked up, and the employee's left hand was caught between it and the trailer. He suffered a severe laceration to the palm between the ring finger and middle finger.

An employee was cleaning the windshield of his truck. When he stepped down from the truck, he lost balance and reached to catch himself using the side mirror. The impact fractured his left wrist. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was standing on the DOT bumper on the back of a standard 53-foot trailer. The employee lost his footing and his grip on the handle bar, and fell approximately 42 inches to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left hip/femur.

A driver was making a delivery. As he was climbing onto his trailer to get boxes, the strap he was using to pull himself up broke. He fell from the back of the trailer to the ground, landing on his right leg and breaking his femur.

After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.

An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.

An employee was inspecting flares processes. The employee received burns to the front side of the body, face and arm from the flares.

An employee was removing plastic material from a production line when the machine cycled and amputated his left index, ring, and little fingers.

An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.