Sysco Foods

An employee was closing a rolling door on a trailer when his right little fingertip was caught in one of the door panels and partially amputated.

An employee was walking through the kitchen when he slipped and fell, sustaining a broken leg. He was hospitalized.

An employee was operating a pallet jack to assist a co-worker when they lost control and the accelerator was activated. The employee dismounted the vehicle, resulting in an ankle fracture that required surgery.

An employee was using a pallet jack to transport a pallet into a cooler when a forklift exited the cooler and struck the employee's lower leg resulting in a broken bone.

An employee was unloading empty pallets out of his trailer using a pallet jack. A contracted employee was on a nearby dock, stacking pallets using a forklift. The injured employee was standing with his back facing the dock when the contracted employee backed up their forklift and contacted the employee's foot, resulting in foot injuries.

An employee parked their vehicle at a facility and stepped out of the vehicle to begin cleaning a portable toilet. The parking brake failed and the vehicle began to roll backward. The employee fell and was struck by the front driver's side tire. The employee's hip was fractured.

On October 26, 2024, employees were preparing to clean a parts washer. An employee went up the stairs and stepped off the platform onto the door frame. They then stepped onto the washer's table to connect an overhead crane to the cleaned parts basket. They walked back across the washer's table to exit and then stepped back onto the door frame with their right foot to reach the step platform. Their left foot slipped and was submerged approximately 6-7 inches in an uncovered water reservoir containing water heated to approximately 170 F. The employee sustained second-degree burns on their left ankle and foot.

An employee was working on the sidewalk and roadway applying paint strips on the ground with thermoplastic striping paint, which was heated during application. The employee had dug a small hole to bury excess paint, and his foot went into the hole. He was hospitalized with second-degree burns to his right foot and lower right leg.

On June 11, 2024, an employee was standing on the back bumper of a mixer truck when he fell and struck his face on the bumper. The employee suffered a fractured neck and broken teeth.

The injured employee was retrieving a suitcase generator out of the bed of a pickup truck. While handing the generator to an employee on the ground, the injured employee slipped and fell off the bumper of the truck. He landed on the tongue of the trailer that the truck was coupled to. The employee sustained a bruised lung and three fractured ribs.

An employee was mixing sauce using a sauce barrel mixer when his left little finger was amputated.

An employee was performing maintenance under a kettle. When he removed a tri-clamp on a transfer line, the hot fat and broth material in the kettle poured out onto his arm. The employee was hospitalized with burns.

An employee was walking on top of boiler to close a valve. The employee fell off the boiler and landed on the floor, sustaining fractured ribs. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was inspecting a pipe in the rice cooking area near an oven. While checking for a clog, the fingers of their right hand were caught in an airlock at the base of the pipe. All the fingers were amputated except the thumb. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was removing dough from the discharge at the bottom of a mixer when the scraper contacted his left index finger and amputated it.

An employee was helping a coworker transport a tall palm tree with a mini skid steer. The employee was severely shocked by a high-voltage electrical wire above the ground.

An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.

An employee was inspecting a generator whose radiator was leaking. He slipped, and a fan blade in the generator amputated his thumb and index finger.

An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.

An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.