Kinder Morgan, Inc.

An employee was descending a 3-foot step ladder when he fell from the last rung to the concrete floor. The employee sustained a fractured left femur.

At about 3:20 p.m. on July 7, 2022, an employee developed a heat-related headache while doing measurement work in the field. He went home and was later hospitalized with heat-related illness.

An employee was spotting for a forklift that was transporting compressor cylinders. The cylinders slid off the forklift's forks, struck the employee, and pinned him against another cylinder on the floor. He suffered lacerations to the abdomen and face and was hospitalized.

An employee was struck by a telehandler while inspecting it before use. The employee was hospitalized for a tear to the small intestine.

During barge lid operations, an excavator boom struck an employee standing in the swing zone, breaking the employee's feet. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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's right middle finger was caught in a nip point. The employee suffered an amputation to the middle finger at the first knuckle.

An employee's left arm was caught in the fingers or jaws of the head stretcher machine, resulting in a laceration. The employee was hospitalized.

Two employees were setting up a mandrel in the spindle of a machine. The mandrel was side-shifted while an employee's hand was on the mast of a powered industrial truck. The employee suffered crushing injuries that resulted in amputations to the middle and ring fingertips.

An employee was working to remove a product blockage from a piece of equipment. The employee was struck by a metal bar near the deck of the pin mixer equipment and sustained blunt force trauma to the torso.

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

On July 28, 2025, at approximately 2:40 p.m., an employee was inspecting and cleaning a hopper when their left middle finger was pinched by a pneumatic actuated feed block, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

The injured employee was assisting five other employees with bracing a wall panel that was being stood up. Another employee slipped on frost on the floor surface. The employees went to evacuate the area in anticipation of the wall panel falling over. The injured employee went to jump through a window opening within the wall panel and their lower half was crushed by the falling wall panel. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis.

An employee was using a vertical band saw to cut a thick piece of rubber material. While being cut, the material shifted, causing the employee s right hand to contact the moving blade. The employee's thumb was amputated below the knuckle. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.

A production sanitation employee was pre-rinsing an incline conveyor and noticed cheese stuck between the belt idler. The employee went to remove the cheese and their glove got caught and pulled their left forearm into the conveyor. The employee's arm was fractured. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

An employee was on a ladder, taking measurements for a new gutter installation. The ladder slipped out from under him and both he and the ladder fell to the ground. He was hospitalized with seven broken ribs and a broken clavicle.

An employee was unloading a truck for a delivery job. While moving boxes in the truck, the employee tripped over a pallet and fell out of the truck to the ground, resulting in four broken ribs.