Riceland Foods, Inc.

On September 23, 2025, an employee was monitoring a feed roller when they tripped and their right hand contacted the roller. The employee was hospitalized and their right hand was amputated at the wrist.

An employee was exiting a manlift when his left foot slipped and he fell off the manlift step, fracturing his pelvis.

An employee was riding a manlift up from the ground floor when they fell several feet from the manlift to the floor. The employee sustained a fractured left femur.

An employee was wrapping pallets when the pallet wrapper became stuck near the top. The employee was adjusting the photo eye when their right middle fingertip was amputated by the chain and sprocket.

An employee was preparing to mount a manlift when it caught their abdomen and pinned the employee between the lift and the wall, lifting him up and wedging him between the lift and the ceiling. The employee sustained abdominal abrasions and contusions as well as a fractured thoracic vertebra.

An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.

An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.

An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.

On November 21, 2024, at approximately 7:55 a.m., an employee was getting onto a manlift on the fourth floor while holding two scoop shovels. As he stepped onto the lift, the shovels got caught on the floor, causing him to slip off the step and grab the floor. The employee fell to the concrete third floor, resulting in 4 fractured right ribs and 3 fractured left ribs. He also dislocated his right shoulder.

An employee was exiting a manlift when his left foot slipped and he fell off the manlift step, fracturing his pelvis.

An employee was riding a manlift up from the ground floor when they fell several feet from the manlift to the floor. The employee sustained a fractured left femur.

An employee was changing out a flex hose at a soaking tank when part of a T-valve burst on the soaking tank, resulting in burns to their torso from the hot water.

An employee was cleaning a grain bin when his left foot was caught by the pull-off auger, resulting in the amputation of the foot.

An employee was operating an ironworker (steel punching/shearing) machine. A piece of the tooling broke off and struck the employee's neck; a fragment was lodged in his neck. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

On October 25, 2025, an employee was stringing up a new reel of tire tread on a machine. The employee pulled a 6-inch tail and proceeded to spool up the liner. As the machine was jogged to begin the liner wrapping process, the liner caught the employee's glove and pulled their right arm into the liner, causing a fracture to the arm.

An employee was doing a cable change on top of an electric overhead traveling (EOT) crane. They were positioned between the cable drum and the drive shaft. While rotating the cable drum, the employee reached for the new cable that was to be installed. The grease fitting on the drive shaft caught their fall harness and pulled them underneath the drive shaft. The employee was pinned between the drive shaft and two pieces of angle steel, resulting in a fracture to their left hip.

An employee was helping two other employees to push a pallet of tile on a loading dock. He suffered a broken fibula and was hospitalized.

On October 5, 2025, an employee was pulling a pressure washer hose when it it disconnected from the cooker. The employee was struck by jets of high-pressure water, resulting in lacerations to their left thigh requiring surgery. The employee was hospitalized.