Carlyle Cocoa Co, LLC

An employee was using a hand torch to clear a clog in a cocoa butter deodorizing system. The employee was heating the piping with the torch when pressurized air was introduced into the system causing hot cocoa butter to eject out of the top of the collection vats. The employee's head, neck, back, and extremities were covered in the boiling liquid resulting in second-degree burns that required hospitalization.

An employee was fixing ceiling tiles while working from a ladder when they fell to the floor and sustained a hip fracture.

An employee was on an A-frame ladder retrieving materials from a shelf. He slipped and fell and his leg got caught in the ladder rungs, breaking his left tibia.

An employee was unloading materials from a flatbed trailer when they fell from the trailer and landed on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured left leg.

An employee was unloading appliances at a customer location for delivery. The employee was moving a water heater to be placed on the liftgate when he stepped backward and fell to the ground. The employee sustained rib and back injuries.

An employee was coming down a portable ladder when they slipped and fell to the ground, resulting in a right forearm fracture.

An employee had been cleaning red garbage bins (gondolas) near the dock area. The employee tripped and fell off the dock. The employee sustained fractures to an elbow and two ribs, and had bleeding in their lungs.

On June 2, 2025, at approximately 8:45 PM, an employee was taking apart the trayoff belt on a conveyor. While working to remove the roller, the employee's left ring finger was crushed between the roller and the frame of the equipment. The employee sustained a partial fingertip amputation.

An employee tripped and fell over a conduit at a chocolate line and was hospitalized with fractures to both wrists and elbows.

An employee was unjamming a hand feed machine in the wrap room. Paper caught the employee's left hand and dragged it into a crimper machine. The employee suffered amputations of the index and middle fingers.

An employee was checking for a blockage in a pneumatic ball valve when the valve closed on his right finger, resulting in an amputation.

An employee tripped over a stool and fell on the floor, resulting in a left displaced mid-cervical femoral neck fracture.

An employee was installing fence posts when they stepped into a recently dug hole that was not visible due to rainfall. The employee's leg was fractured.

An employee assisted in cleaning material from a conveyor pit. After the pit was cleaned, the employee proceeded to replace metal safety plates to ensure other employees did not fall into the pit. While replacing one of the last plates, the employee mis-stepped and fell approximately 5 feet into the pit. The employee was hospitalized with back/side bruising, elbow bruising, bone bruises, and/or fractured ribs.

An employee was inspecting a breaker box and turning on/off a circuit breaker when he was electrocuted.

An employee was walking on the sidewalk. When they stepped off the curb, they fell to the ground, resulting in fractures to their tibia, fibula, and a metatarsal.