JBS Souderton, Inc.

The injured employee was standing by one of the stationary computers along the wall. There was a half-pallet located approximately 3 feet behind the employee that consisted of 12-pound boxes stacked six boxes high. A forklift was transporting a pallet that came in contact with the stationary pallet behind the injured employee, causing four boxes to fall and contact their legs. The injured employee was hospitalized with leg injuries.

An employee was operating a side puller when the clamps caught his right thumb, causing an open fracture to the thumb.

An employee was blowing steam into the lines of a tank to unclog them when the sediment tank overflowed. The employee sustained second degree burns on their right arm from the wrist to the elbow, and sustained second degree burns on their left arm from the wrist to the shoulder.

An employee was removing a large auger from a meat grinding machine when the auger slipped out of the lifting device and onto the employee's leg. He sustained a leg fracture.

An employee was attempting to remove a plastic bag from inside a piece of equipment. A small serpentine belt inside of the unit activated, pulling her sleeve and right arm into the machine. The employee sustained a fracture and a laceration to her lower right arm.

An employee was training and moving horses when one of the horses knocked her to the ground, resulting in fractures to the left arm, both legs, and the right ankle. The employee also sustained bruises to the face.

Employees were at a barn checking on mules and feeding them. While the employees were in the corral, the mules became spooked. The injured employee was kicked or stepped on by the mules, resulting in a concussion, fractures to the left shoulder, arm, and hand, as well as a bruised knee and ribs. The employee underwent surgery.

An employee was delivering pizza to a private residence when the customer's dog knocked the employee over. They sustained a torn ACL.

An employee was waiting for a patient at the front door when a dog jumped on her, causing her to fall down the stairs and sustain a fractured left little finger and thumb.

An employee was loading animals when they became pinned between an animal and a chute, resulting in the partial amputation of the left middle finger.

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 using a de-clipping machine to cut the metal clips off of sausage sticks. As the employee put a link of sausages into the machine, their hand slipped into the point of operation. A piston pinched the employee's left index finger, causing a partial amputation.

An employee was operating a small tabletop grinder in a food safety quality assurance lab. She was stuffing meat down the grinder's chute when the grinder caught her right hand. Its auger caused an amputation to her middle finger and a partial amputation to her index finger.

An employee was cleaning a part on a pedestal grinder. The employee's middle finger contacted the abrasive wheel, resulting in a partial amputation.

A maintenance employee was removing an inspection plate from an industrial cooker. Hot liquid spilled onto him and burned his hands, arms, and torso area. He was hospitalized.

An employee was closing a door when the door closed on their right index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.

An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.

An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.

An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.