JM Smucker Company

An employee was pulling on a bale of corrugated cardboard boxes that were on a conveyor. The straps on the bale failed and the employee fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery for a fractured femur and/or hip.

On December 27, 2023, an employee was delivering mail to an apartment complex when their knee gave out and they fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a left tibia fracture.

An employee was walking to the inventory cage when her ankle gave out and she fell to the floor. The employee sustained a femur fracture and was hospitalized.

An employee was dislodging a pallet that was stuck when boxes of product fell onto them, causing them to fall to the ground. The employee suffered a fractured femur.

An employee was exiting an elevator when he lost balance and fell to the floor, resulting in a fractured hip.

An employee was removing an elbow on the bottom of a tank to fix a clog when they were sprayed with hot water and a caustic chemical, resulting in burns to their chest and back.

An employee was unclogging the drain of a butter trolley that is used to transport churned butter to be packaged. His right middle finger contacted the auger at the bottom of the trolley resulting in amputation at the middle knuckle. The drain was not guarded at the time.

At 6:30 a.m. on July 1, 2022, an employee was helping tear down a pasteurization milk plate when hot water was discharged from a pipe. While moving to avoid the water, the employee fell, suffering a dislocated right shoulder as well as burns on her back from the water.

An employee was pushing material forward on a conveyor belt. The employee's left index finger was caught between the rollers and the belt resulting in amputation of the pad of the finger.

An employee was supervising the clearing of a floor drain when he slipped on wet cheese powder. He fell on the floor and broke his left hip.

An employee was working to deliver mail to an apartment building. She was waiting for a customer to move, to obtain clearance to the mailboxes. The door swung inward and closed on her right little finger. The top half of her finger was surgically amputated.

An employee fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.

On October 30, 2025, an employee was working to adjust a stackable metal shipping container. As the container dropped into place, it caught the employee's hands in an area between the upper and lower cross-members. The employee suffered a laceration to the left ring finger that required stitches, bruising to the right ring finger, and fractures to the right middle finger that necessitated medical amputation of the fingertip.

An employee was moving a scissor lift through a doorway. The employee was pinned between the scissor lift and the doorframe, sustained a back injury, and was hospitalized.

An employee was setting up communication equipment for a meeting. They were walking and tripped over a speaker on the ground. The employee sustained a leg injury.