COBB-VANTRESS INC

An employee was washing the southeast side of a poultry barn with a pressure washer. Water from the pressure wand lacerated her left forearm.

An employee tripped and fell to the floor. Her right femur was broken at the hip and she was hospitalized.

An employee was setting up a chicken house to receive new chickens. She turned and slipped on a powdered pesticide coating the concrete floor. Her right leg folded under her as she fell resulting in a broken lower leg.

An employee was picking up the wheel end of a hand dolly. When he sat it down, his left pinky finger was pinched between the wheel and the housing, causing a distal amputation.

An employee was cleaning the surgery area when they were stuck by an unused suture needle that was left on the sink. The employee was hospitalized with a bacterial infection.

An employee was performing a heart stick/blood draw on an animal before euthanasia, using an 18 gauge needle with syringe. The infected needle came out of the animal and stuck the employee on his left thumb.

An employee was about to inject a vaccine into a chicken when the chicken struggled and the employee injected the vaccine into her own wrist.

An employee was removing nitrogen from a system when a tool malfunctioned and a Schrader pin hit the employee's hand and nitrogen gas got under the skin on the employee's left arm and hand.

While operating a trash compactor on a client's property the injured worker noticed hydraulic fluid on the ground. He had punched the start button on the compactor and it began its cycle. While the compactor was cycling, he looked for the source of the hydraulic leak and in doing so reached forward to touch the hose. The hose became pressurized when the hydraulic ram reversed. There was a hole in the line and hydraulic fluid injected into his right thumb. He was hospitalized for chemical exposure and debridement of the thumb.

An employee was stepping down from an ergonomic stand for a machine. She lost her balance and fell backward, hitting the machine's metal frame and suffering a broken rib and a laceration to her liver.

An employee was working on a chicken litter manure scraper when his ring and little fingers became trapped in the chain belt resulting in amputations at the first joint.

An employee was cleaning a chicken house and was removing debris from a fan when her finger contacted the fan blade. The employee's left middle fingertip was amputated.

An employee was lifting boxes of produce and suffered a hernia. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was washing the southeast side of a poultry barn with a pressure washer. Water from the pressure wand lacerated her left forearm.

An employee was helping to move a 1,300-pound coil on a cart. The steel caster hit a crack in the concrete, the weld holding the caster onto the cart broke, and the coil and cart tipped over onto the employee. He was hospitalized with a laceration on his forehead and a pelvic fracture on his right side.

An employee was working in the food service warehouse when he experienced chest pain, difficulty breathing, and lost consciousness. The employee sustained carbon monoxide poisoning.

An employee was cutting a piece of metal rod with a metal cutting machine. His right middle finger became caught between the rod and the machine's table. The employee's fingertip was partially amputated.

An employee was working at her desk. She went to stand up and fell to the floor beside the desk. The employee sustained a hip displacement and required surgery.

An employee was processing wood boards at a chop saw when the saw malfunctioned and the blade cut her left hand and fingers. She was hospitalized and her little finger was surgically amputated.