Prairieland FS, Inc.

An employee was performing maintenance on an ammonia wagon when a valve opened, spraying the employee in the face and causing them to inhale ammonia. The employee suffered inhalation chemical burns.

An employee was filling anhydrous ammonia tanks. He set the fill hose down on a riser, climbed down the steps of the riser dock to ground level, and picked up the fill hose. The valve opened and released liquid anhydrous ammonia, which sprayed down onto his feet. He suffered burns to both feet and was hospitalized.

An employee had been filling anhydrous tanks when a valve released anhydrous ammonia liquid and vapor. The employee's googles were blown away from their face and the employee sustained burns and blisters to the face, eyes, and mouth.

On July 6, 2018, an employee was stepping off of a sprayer that was being refueled when the employee stumbled and rolled an ankle. The employee's ankle fractured and required hospitalization.

An employee fell to the ground while suspended from a sprayer boom, suffering a concussion, two broken teeth, fractured bones around the sinuses, and a sprained wrist.

An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.

An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.

An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.

On December 18, 2024, an employee was performing maintenance on a steam-pressure transmitter in a sulfuric acid plant when a transmitter malfunction caused the employee to inhale sulfur dioxide or sulfur trioxide fumes. The employee was hospitalized with respiratory irritation.

An employee was using a transfer hose to transport 98% sulfuric acid when the hose failed under pressure and the employee sustained chemical burns to their face, mouth, neck, and chest.

An employee slipped and fell on ice in a parking lot and suffered a broken tibia.

An employee was completing a request to remove a rattlesnake from an office building when it bit his left thumb, resulting in swelling.

An employee was walking on the bottom floor of a plant when they stepped into a drainage ditch that contained hot process materials, resulting in second degree burns to his right foot and ankle.

An employee was readjusting a safety hook to remove hardware from gang forms when his feet slipped. He fell to the ground, resulting in a broken left arm and wrist.

An employee was on a step ladder in a store aisle, making room on shelving for merchandise. She fell from the step ladder to the floor, suffering two fractures in her left leg. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was closing the side cargo door to a company van. The tip of his finger got caught between the door and the door jamb, resulting in a partial amputation.

An employee lost his footing while climbing an inclined ladder. He stumbled down one step and was able to stabilize himself by holding the railing and twisting his body, but he suffered an internal abdominal injury and was hospitalized.

An employee was manipulating dies on a brake press. The press caught and crushed the employee's right forearm, resulting in hospitalization.