Newly Weds Foods Inc

An employee was sweeping the platform area around a dumpster and began walking down stairs when he fell to the last step, resulting in a right shoulder injury. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was on a platform where a robotic bread arm could be viewed. His right index finger was caught by a piston on the arm, which amputated the last two joints of the finger.

An employee was troubleshooting the mill hopper on the bread making line when his right index and middle fingertips were amputated by the metering vane and valve housing.

On April 26, 2019, an employee was moving plastic pallets around to get a pallet in place for batching. The employee tripped on a pallet and fell backwards, suffering a compression fracture to the back. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was changing mud cups in the hopper cylinders of a concrete pump truck. The cylinders moved and three of the employees fingers were amputated.

An employee was standing on the rig floor next to a polishing unit. His hand was placed on the polishing unit when the pump was lowered, resulting in amputation of their right thumb, ring, and middle fingertips.

An employee was using air to blow out the air wash to the blender and grinder station. As the employee reached to verify that the air wash was clean, the unit pinched and amputated their fingertip.

An employee was retrieving a lost drill pipe with a lifting bail when their left thumb got pinched between the table and handle of the lifting bail while trying to re-thread the pipe to lift it out. The employee suffered an amputation to the left thumb.

An employee was removing a core chuck from a stationary roll when their right ring finger was pinched between the chuck and the roll. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

An employee got off a work platform to move empty pallets off the platform and onto the floor while a forklift driver was operating directly across from them and putting pallets up on an opposite platform. The forklift struck the employee as he was bringing down a pallet horizontally. The employee was pinned between the forklift and pallet, causing traumatic rhabdomyolysis to the employee's upper left thigh. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was operating a motorized tugger when he fell from the tugger to the floor. He was hospitalized with a brain bleed that required surgery and an injury to the left hand.

An employee was applying a hoist hook to the I-bolt on a die plate when their right ring fingertip became pinched between the hook swivel and the bolt, resulting in an amputation/avulsion.

An employee was using a magnet in the waste bin while cleaning the metal. The employee walked the magnet to the other side of the line, then placed the magnet on a metal surface which caught their hands between the metal and the magnet, resulting in amputation of the middle fingertip.

An employee was operating a food packaging line that places a shrink sleeve band over the top of a plastic bottle. The rollers on the equipment jammed and the machine stopped. As the employee went to pull the shrink wrap down, the knife was triggered and contacted the employee's left thumb resulting in a partial amputation.

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.