Wharton County Foods, LLC

An employee was going to the breakroom when they tripped over a chair and fell, resulting in a hip fracture.

An employee arrived at work and was walking into the store through the parking lot. The employee tripped over a curb and fell to the ground, sustaining a femur fracture.

An employee tripped over a box and fell to the floor, fracturing their right arm.

An employee tripped over a piece of angle iron and fell to the floor sustaining a broken hip.

An employee was preparing for a CT scan when she tripped over a loose strap and fell to the floor, fracturing her hip.

Three employees were transferring a metal lid using a manual chain hoist to place it onto a cart. While they were adjusting its position, the lid shifted and the injured employee's left hand became caught between the hoist hook and the handle, resulting in a laceration and amputation of their ring fingertip including the tuft.

An employee was using an 8-foot metal pipe to remove a manure blockage at the transfer to an incline conveyer. The employee s left hand was placed on top of the pipe while removing the blockage. The pipe pushed their left hand into the wooden railing of the platform they were standing on, catching their thumb in a pinch point and resulting in partial amputation.

An employee was driving a farm truck with the dump box raised when he went through a farm building accessway and the dump box struck the entryway of the building. The truck lifted up and came back down, jolting the employee. The employee sustained a back injury.

An employee was doing housekeeping work inside a chicken house. The employee missed a step onto a walkway near the exit, fell into an 8-foot-deep pit, and landed on its concrete floor. The employee suffered a leg fracture above the ankle, as well as a chin laceration.

An employee was troubleshooting a manure belt to figure out why it kept turning off. The employee's right hand was pulled into the drive and compression roller of the long belt in the manure belt system, resulting in numerous injuries to their hand and forearm, including a partial amputation of the middle finger and a degloved palm.

After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.

An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.

An employee was inspecting flares processes. The employee received burns to the front side of the body, face and arm from the flares.

An employee was removing plastic material from a production line when the machine cycled and amputated his left index, ring, and little fingers.

An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.