Pactiv LLC

On January 6, 2025, at approximately 11:56 PM, an employee was clearing products from the packing table of a trim press when their left middle finger came in contact with the die. The employee sustained amputation of their left middle finger pad.

An employee was removing plastic shards from a machine using a compressed air hose. She stepped on the guardrail to gain better access to the accumulated plastic and her hair was caught in the rotating canopy drive shaft. The employee suffered hair loss and scalp damage. The machine was not guarded at the time.

An employee's face struck the handle on a machine resulting in chipped teeth and a laceration inside the mouth.

An employee was traveling forward in a forklift when it struck a support beam. The employee sustained a fractured femur.

A temporary employee was stepping on a scrap plastic sheet/formed cup to flatten it out. The employee slipped on the sheet and fell to the concrete floor, suffering a broken left wrist.

An employee was working outside underneath a truck. They sustained a torn rotator cuff while coming out from underneath the truck.

An employee's T12 vertebrae was fractured after she jumped onto a hospital bed to sleep.

An employee was spraying pesticide using a backpack sprayer. When the employee turned, their right knee buckled and the employee sustained a torn ligament.

An employee was walking behind the rewind coding machine while on his phone. He rested his left wrist on top of the slitter bar and his finger came in contact with the roller, resulting in amputation.

The injured employee was assisting the bander operator with dressing units with dunnage. A unit became stuck on the conveyor. The injured employee was pushing the unit on the conveyor when a conveyor roller pulled his shoe in-between the rollers. The employee sustained crushing injuries to their left foot/toes.

An employee was inspecting and adjusting a tray in a thermoforming machine when the the trigger switch was touched, causing the machine door to close on their right hand. The employee sustained crushing injuries to the hand.

An employee was adjusting the tracking of a conveyor belt when their left hand/arm were pulled into the conveyor. The employee sustained fractures.

An employee was working to retrieve debris from a powered conveyor when the rollers contacted his right thumb, resulting in a laceration.

An employee fell while moving a water canister, resulting in fractures to four fingers on her right hand.

An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.

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

An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.

A temporary employee was carrying a nail gun through the warehouse when it hit his leg, activated, and fired a nail into the leg.