The Hain Celestial Group, Inc.

An employee was speaking with another employee who was on a forklift. The other employee began moving the forklift, but it reversed instead of moving forward. The back wheel of the forklift struck the injured employee's left foot, causing her to fall to the ground. She suffered injuries to her left foot and right knee.

An employee was using a stepladder to pour seasoning mix into a mixer. The scoop fell into the machine; as the employee was retrieving it, the machine amputated his right ring finger to the second knuckle and lacerated his right little finger with tendon damage. The machine was not guarded at the time of the incident.

An employee was trying to grind corn using a table grinder. The grinder's jar came off; while the employee tried to reconnect it to the base, the grinder lacerated her right middle and ring fingers. The grinder was running at the time.

An employee used a stationary horizontal band saw to cut a piece of sheet metal about 15 feet long. When the employee went to move the piece of sheet metal, the end hit an adjacent portable band saw, causing the portable band saw to tip off its stand. The employee walked over to upright the tipped over portable band saw and it completely fell off the stand. As the portable band saw fell, the employee's finger was caught between the stand and the falling portable band saw, causing lacerations and crushing injuries to the left pinky finger, which required hospitalization and surgery.

An employee was changing a saw blade when the saw machine activated. The employee's left ring and little fingers were amputated.

An employee was clearing a jam from the label cutting machine when their left middle finger was partially amputated.

Two employees were repairing the hydraulic engagement pins on a rented front-end wheel loader. The machine controls were activated to move the attachment pins and an employee's finger was caught between the pins and the bushings. Their right index finger was partially amputated.

An employee was cleaning the conveyor on a piece of equipment when they slipped and their right hand was pulled into the chain sprocket. The employee's fifth fingertip was amputated.

An employee was throwing blankets onto a blanket folding and stacking machine. A blanket got stuck in the machine and she attempted to remove it when the machine contacted her right little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

An employee was closing a door when the door closed on their right index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.

An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.

An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.

An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.