Baxter Healthcare Corporation

An employee was clearing a jammed machine. The machine activated and the employee's left index fingertip was caught in its cutting knives compartment. The fingertip was amputated.

An employee tripped and fell while walking through a lobby. The employee suffered a left wrist contusion, a laceration at the upper left lip, and a possible concussion.

An employee was on a forklift's riding platform when it struck a guard rail. The employee suffered a broken tibia and a muscle injury to the leg.

An employee was working on a plastic film extrusion line when her clothing became caught in the machinery. Her left arm was then pulled in between two rollers in the extrusion line, causing skin and tissue trauma. She was hospitalized overnight.

An employee's right knee and left foot were struck by a forklift while she was crossing an aisle way. She suffered a fractured patella.

An employee was on a double-end rider in an aisle selecting product when his left leg was pinned between the rack and rider.

An employee was using a forklift to load a tractor trailer when the forklift skidded into a wall. The employee sustained an arm fracture.

An employee was training on an rolling container carrier on the dry, non-frozen storage side of the distribution center. She made a turn around the end cap and her right foot struck the rail protecting the endcap racking. The employee's foot was fractured.

An employee was a passenger in a utility vehicle that was driving up a hill on a wooded trail. As the vehicle made a right turn, three fingers on the employee's right hand were caught against a tree and fractured.

An employee was operating a forklift when his left leg was caught between the forklift and a bollard resulting in a broken leg.

On August 15, 2025, an employee was in a small room right before the exit. The door in the little room was locked. The employee climbed over a wall and hopped down to the other side, falling and resulting in a twisted right ankle. The employee was hospitalized.

On August 14, 2025, an employee was assembling cables using a molding machine. When the machine was engaged, the mold came down and caught the employee's left hand, amputating three fingers.

On August 8, 2025, an employee was operating a table-top injection molding machine. He refilled the barrel of the machine with resin and began a pack procedure in which the plunger of the machine moved into the barrel to compress plastic pellets into the mix. The plunger caught and amputated his fingertip.

An employee was entering the manufacturing area when their finger became caught between a door and the door frame, resulting in an amputated finger.

An employee was working to move a pallet jack that had gotten stuck between the dock and the trailer. When the equipment was loosened, it struck the employee, throwing them backward onto the ground. The employee sustained fractured ribs and injury to their spleen and liver.

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.