PILGRIMS

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.

An employee was walking to a hand wash area at the end of his shift. At the same time, a contract team member was entering the facility to clean it with a water hose. Part of the hose was dragging on the floor. The employee tripped on the water hose and fell, fracturing his left hip.

An employee was sanitizing a neck skinner machine when the machine amputated the employee's right index finger. The machine was not locked/tagged out at the time of the incident.

An employee was unclogging a drain with a mechanical plumbers snake when his right hand was entangled in the hose resulting in the amputation of the right thumb tip.

An employee was placing a hold tag on a pallet in the shipping dock area when a forklift struck him, fracturing his left leg.

An employee was on a two-step ladder performing cleaning activities in the de-oiler machine. The employee fell back and his right arm was caught in the equipment, resulting in a right forearm fracture that required surgery.

An employee was changing an insert in the tool head of a CNC machine. The employee had stepped up approximately 28 inches onto the door track of the machine. When the employee went to step back down to the floor, they lost balance and fell backward onto a rack of metal parts. The employee sustained a compression fracture to the spine.

An employee was packaging steel coils on a turntable. As he walked across the turntable, he slipped and fell onto a coil. His left bicep was lacerated by the slit edge of a coil.

An employee was monitoring a lumber-stacking machine when they slipped and fell into an unbanded bundle of lumber. The outer row of lumber then fell on their left leg, fracturing their leg and ankle.

An employee was putting parts away in a warehouse. He tripped and fell into metal shelving, resulting in a broken arm.

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.

An employee was troubleshooting a thigh deboner on a poultry processing line. As he worked to dislodge a thigh bone caught in the blade mechanism, the machine amputated the first and second digits on his left hand. He was hospitalized.

On September 25, 2025, an employee was exiting a yard truck. They slipped and fell approximately 3 feet from the top tread of the steps to the concrete below. The employee sustained a fractured left hip.

On September 17, 2025, an employee was cleaning a cutting machine when the cutting blade amputated their right index finger below the first knuckle.

An employee was operating a stand-up forklift, picking product for an order. The forklift struck a metal rack and the employee's left arm was caught between the forklift and the rack. He was hospitalized with a fracture to the neck of his radius and an open fracture to the olecranon (elbow).

An employee tripped over a concrete curb stop in a parking lot. The employee fell to the ground, landing on their left hip and breaking it.

An employee was conducting routine maintenance on a mixer. New lid pins had been installed, and the employee was rotating by hand to ensure they had been installed correctly. The employee's left middle finger was caught between the lid and top of a pin. The momentum from the mixer continued, causing a crushing injury to the finger. The employee underwent a medical amputation from the top knuckle to the tip of the finger.

An employee was climbing down a ladder when it slipped. The employee fell, suffering a broken scapula and broken ribs. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was climbing down a 15-foot multipurpose ladder. The employee fell about 8 feet, landing on the concrete floor and the ladder itself. The employee suffered several injuries, all on the right side: broken ribs, a broken sternum, a broken temporal bone, broken shoulder, multiple fractures to the cheekbone, and a brain bleed.

An employee was rolling up the landing gear on his trailer when the handle began to unwind and struck his face, fracturing his jaw. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.