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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

UNILEVER

Fall on same level, n.e.c. · Fractures

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at UNILEVER, 13000 E 35th St S, INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI 64055 on — Fractures, affecting the hip(s).

An employee was walking into the breakroom when she collided with a cart and fell to the floor. The employee sustained a hip fracture.

Hospitalized Hip(s) Floor, n.e.c.

UNILEVER

An employee tripped and fell onto a pallet, resulting in fractures to their left femur and pelvis.

UNILEVER

An employee was adjusting an overhead conveyor belt (8 feet in the air) on a scissor lift when her finger became pinched in an in-running nip point, resulting in a fingertip avulsion. The conveyor belt was running at the time.

UNILEVER

On or about July 18, 2016, an employee was trying to prime a chemical metering pump. Chemical splashed out of the drum and onto his lips and mouth. The employee was hospitalized for chemical burns.

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Abbott-Action, Inc.

An employee was pulling on a bale of corrugated cardboard boxes that were on a conveyor. The straps on the bale failed and the employee fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery for a fractured femur and/or hip.

United States Postal Service

On December 27, 2023, an employee was delivering mail to an apartment complex when their knee gave out and they fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a left tibia fracture.

Millennium Mat Company

An employee was walking to the inventory cage when her ankle gave out and she fell to the floor. The employee sustained a femur fracture and was hospitalized.

Publix Super Markets, Inc.

An employee was dislodging a pallet that was stuck when boxes of product fell onto them, causing them to fall to the ground. The employee suffered a fractured femur.

Assemblers, Inc.

While attending the slab line, an employee observed that dough was accumulating on the plastic blades. He proceeded to clean the blades. His left index finger came into contact with an adjacent blade that moves laterally (left to right), resulting in a partial amputation.

Quality Snack Foods, Inc.

A sanitation employee entered the chemical room and slipped on the wet floor. When he slipped, he kicked over a bucket containing cleaning chemicals. The chemicals splashed onto the employee's clothing and burned his skin.

Frito Lay Inc.

An employee's right middle fingertip was caught between a chain and a sprocket in a machine. The fingertip was amputated. The machine was unguarded at the time.

Mckee Foods Corporation

An employee had just finished unloading material from a truck. He was descending using the truck's built-in ladder when he missed the last rung, fell to the ground, and broke his hip and left wrist.

Rolling Frito-Lay Sales, LP

An employee was using a handheld grinder to cut a bolt. The grinding wheel broke apart and a fragment struck the employee s right hand, causing a laceration to the palm near the little finger.

WADDELL CONCRETE INC.

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.

Dollar Tree

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.

Corrigan Brothers Inc

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.

Plumb Supply Company

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.

JRI INDUSTRIES

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