Aviagen Inc.

An employee was inserting a drain plug underneath a macerator machine. The drain plug slipped from the employee's hand, and the employee's middle finger went into the drain hole and contacted the spinning auger blade. The fingertip was amputated. The machine was not locked out at the time.

An employee was washing down an area using an 8-foot portable ladder. The employee was descending the ladder and on the way down, felt dizzy, missed the last step, and fell and hit his head on the concrete floor. The employee suffered a cut on the scalp that required stitches and hospitalization.

An employee was cutting down packaging materials to build cardboard pallets for export orders. His fingers contacted the table saw blade causing a left middle fingertip amputation and a laceration to the left index finger requiring stiches.

An employee fell while stepping out of the cab of his truck. He suffered a head injury.

An employee was going to the breakroom when they tripped over a chair and fell, resulting in a hip fracture.

An employee arrived at work and was walking into the store through the parking lot. The employee tripped over a curb and fell to the ground, sustaining a femur fracture.

An employee tripped over a box and fell to the floor, fracturing their right arm.

An employee tripped over a piece of angle iron and fell to the floor sustaining a broken hip.

An employee was preparing for a CT scan when she tripped over a loose strap and fell to the floor, fracturing her hip.

On July 23, 2025, at 8:00 a.m., an employee was power washing. He went to retrieve a power-washing tip from the machine's fan while it was in operation and the fan blade contacted his right index finger, severing it at the distal joint.

An employee was pulling two separate egg racks when the wheels of the front rack locked, causing the second rack to crush his thumb between both of the racks. The employee sustained an amputation to the tip of the right thumb.

An employee was in the pump room troubleshooting a pump. He unscrewed the top panel of the pump and inadvertently hit the toggle switch that activated the pump. The internal belt caught his right index finger, causing a laceration that resulted in a partial surgical amputation.

An employee was attaching a winch hook to a chick pallet. The winch was activated via remote control and pinched the employee's left index fingertip between the hook and pallet resulting in amputation.

An employee was repairing a water pump on a lawn mower. He replaced the water pump and thermometer and then went to test drive it. The mower started running hot, so he brought it back to the shop and opened the hood on the mower. The radiator overflowed the bottle, the lid blew off, and hot coolant sprayed the employee's face, eyes, and neck. The employee was hospitalized for burns.

An employee was traveling down the maintenance aisle of a warehouse on a single-pallet front rider jack. The jack malfunctioned, causing the brakes to apply; the employee fell forward onto the concrete warehouse floor. The employee suffered an injury to the left leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was operating a metal roller machine to roll a small piece of metal. The employee's right index finger became caught between the metal and the machine, and the fingertip was amputated.

An employee was shot in the leg with a pistol during an altercation with two people who had entered the store without permission.

An employee was directing a truck driver to a dump site when the truck's peanut trailer slipped off the kingpin. As the trailer fell, a ladder attached to it lacerated the employee's ear. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was unloading a forklift from a trailer to the ground. The employee was climbing down the ladder of the trailer when their foot slipped through one of the rungs, causing them to fall backward onto the forklift forks. The employee was hospitalized for fractured ribs.