Huhtamaki, Inc.

An employee was removing a step cam by with a sledgehammer when a piece of the cam broke off, fell, and struck his right forearm.

An employee was folding scrap paper wrap. The employee placed the paper on the floor and folded it over before stepping on the paper to flatten it. When they stepped on the paper, they slipped and fell to the floor, twisting their right ankle. The employee was hospitalized with a broken ankle that required surgery.

An employee was troubleshooting a broken belt on a beveling machine when his left index finger was caught in a partially guarded chain and sprocket mechanism, resulting in a partial fingertip amputation just below the fingernail.

An employee was working in a cup production area, performing heavy work in a hot area when they began to experience stomach cramps and vision loss. The employee was hospitalized for heat-related illness.

While troubleshooting a jam in a laminator machine, the machine cycled and an employee's hand was caught and crushed in the machine, resulting in surgery and hospitalization.

An employee was tossing a damaged toilet into a compactor. The toilet bounced off the compactor and lacerated the employee's right wrist, cutting an artery and tendon.

An employee was operating a hydraulic jack to bend a frame when the jack came loose and struck the employee. They were hospitalized for a spleen injury.

A truck had been towed into the shop with a flat tire and a blown airbag. An employee checked the tire for damage and was airing the tire. The employee was installing the valve core when the bead slipped off the rim. Air escaped, and the aluminum wheel struck the employee's head and face. The employee became unresponsive and was bleeding.

On December 14, 2023, at 8:40 p.m., three employees were inspecting milling machines for startup. A few of the sleeves on the mill drum needed to be changed out. The injured employee was trying to input a sleeve on the mill drum using a hammer. The hammer hit the edge of the drum, which caused a metal piece to splinter off and strike the employee's cheek just below the left eye. The metal splinter embedded in the back of their eye socket, resulting in pain, swelling, and bleeding that required hospitalization.

An employee was pushing a line of carts into a vestibule when the door cable snapped and struck his right ankle. The employee suffered a fracture that required surgery and hospitalization.

An employee was clearing a jam and cleaning up loose paper. Her left hand was caught by a rotating cylinder and pulled into the score section in the tower of an envelope machine. Her hand was crushed and multiple fingers were amputated.

An employee's hand was inside a machine when residual energy caused a heavy metal part to fall on their hand. The employee sustained a left index finger amputation.

An employee was troubleshooting a broken belt on a beveling machine when his left index finger was caught in a partially guarded chain and sprocket mechanism, resulting in a partial fingertip amputation just below the fingernail.

On March 28, 2025, an employee was changing a printer blanket and got caught by the printer's rollers resulting in amputation of their left index finger.

An employee was cutting paper using a cutting die machine when three fingertips on his right hand were amputated by the cutting die.

An employee was traveling down the maintenance aisle of a warehouse on a single-pallet front rider jack. The jack malfunctioned, causing the brakes to apply; the employee fell forward onto the concrete warehouse floor. The employee suffered an injury to the left leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was operating a metal roller machine to roll a small piece of metal. The employee's right index finger became caught between the metal and the machine, and the fingertip was amputated.

An employee was shot in the leg with a pistol during an altercation with two people who had entered the store without permission.

An employee was directing a truck driver to a dump site when the truck's peanut trailer slipped off the kingpin. As the trailer fell, a ladder attached to it lacerated the employee's ear. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was unloading a forklift from a trailer to the ground. The employee was climbing down the ladder of the trailer when their foot slipped through one of the rungs, causing them to fall backward onto the forklift forks. The employee was hospitalized for fractured ribs.