Walnut Hill Feeds Inc

An employee was spraying concrete sealer when they fell into a 3-foot drain hole. The employee landed on their feet and sustained a broken femur.

A temporary employee walked across a wooden pallet to retrieve product to stock. When he walked back across the pallet, it broke, causing the employee to fall to the ground and sustain a fractured hip.

On April 10, 2023, at 12:00 PM, an employee was using a broom to clear rock from a building's foundation in preparation for a spray-on vapor barrier. There was a 4-foot deep trench next to the building where the employee was working and the soil at the trench's edge fell away. The employee fell into the trench and was hospitalized for a left pelvis and/or femur fracture.

An employee was walking up a steel staircase to check wiring in the electrical room. The staircase had a top platform with a grate that was sitting across the beams of the platform. The grate had shifted and as the employee stepped on it, it gave way, causing him to fall approximately 3 feet to the ground below. The grate landed on the employee and he was hospitalized for four transverse process fractures in the lower spine.

An employee was stocking the freezer and stepped on a wood pallet. The employee's foot went into the pallet and they sustained a right ankle fracture that required hospitalization and surgery.

An employee was working on removing the gearbox from the drive shaft of the motor assembly of a feather drier. He was using a hydraulic tool to pull the pieces apart when a bolt dislodged from the eye of the gearbox and the corner of the gearbox broke off. The employee was struck in the nose (sinus cavity), resulting in hospitalization and surgery.

An employee was on a forklift checking the sprinkler system drain. The employee fell 8 feet from the forklift to the floor. The employee suffered a broken collar bone and was hospitalized.

An employee was working as a dumper on a packaging line. A passing forklift turned and pinned the employee against a guardrail. The employee suffered fractures to their ribs and a leg requiring hospitalization.

An employee was cleaning an upper mezzanine. When he leaned against the mezzanine gate, he fell through the gate opening and landed 11 feet below. The employee sustained fractured orbital bones.

An employee was assigned to clean a feed mill in the basement. He then rode a tool and material basket to return from the basement to the ground level. He fell out of the basket and landed about 5 feet below. The employee sustained fractures to his arm, lower back, and foot.

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.