Hiland Dairy

An employee was palletizing ice cream when his fingers got caught in a chain and sprocket, resulting in amputations of the middle and ring fingers.

An employee was trying to clear a jam in a machine. The machine cycled, pinning the employee's arm and breaking it.

An employee was climbing a ladder to access a catwalk to unjam cases from a line when he fell from the ladder and suffered a partially collapsed lung. He was hospitalized.

At a delivery site branch, employee was unloading an 18-wheeler truck of milk into a delivery truck. The two trucks were parked next to each other and a ramp was landed between the two trucks' side doors. The employee was using the ramp to cross from one truck to another. While the employee was still standing on the ramp, the ramp fell from its holding place. The fall was approximately 4 feet. The employee was still standing when the ramp fell with him on it; however, after landing on the ground, the employee collapsed. Both of the employee's ankles were broken. The employee was taken to the hospital and admitted.

An employee sustained a hernia while carrying a 25-pound gas cylinder. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was loading a 4-inch wooden door into a pickup truck when he felt a pop in his right side behind his shoulder blade. He was hospitalized later that day and underwent surgery, having suffered a collapsed right lung.

An employee experienced sharp pain in his lower torso area while loading baggage into the front cargo pit of an aircraft. The employee sustained a hernia.

An employee was lifting a box of produce in the backroom area when she suffered pain in her lower back and was unable to stand, resulting in hospitalization.

An employee was operating a machine. When they performed a motion to push a machined engine block away from their body, they experienced a back strain, resulting in hospitalization.

An employee was walking between two production lines when he tripped and fell over a pallet that had some equipment on it. The employee fell on his right side, resulting in a fractured hip and a possible thumb injury.

An employee was using a stand-up forklift to load a small box truck. As he was putting down a pallet to push it onto a truck, the weight caused the truck to move forward. This pulled the forklift forward and it dropped between the truck and the loading dock, causing partial amputations to their left little and ring fingers.

An employee was unloading product from a trailer onto a scissor lift. They stepped backward and fell approximately 5 feet from the scissor lift to the concrete floor, sustaining six broken ribs and a punctured lung.

An employee was removing cheese product from the top of a conveyor belt. His right ring finger got pulled under the metal product guide rail at the edge of the conveyor and was pinched between the conveyor and the guide rail. The employee sustained an amputation of the fingertip between the first knuckle and the fingernail.

An employee was closing the roll-up door on a semi trailer when his left ring finger became caught between two door panels, resulting in an amputation.

An employee was readjusting a safety hook to remove hardware from gang forms when his feet slipped. He fell to the ground, resulting in a broken left arm and wrist.

An employee was on a step ladder in a store aisle, making room on shelving for merchandise. She fell from the step ladder to the floor, suffering two fractures in her left leg. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was closing the side cargo door to a company van. The tip of his finger got caught between the door and the door jamb, resulting in a partial amputation.

An employee lost his footing while climbing an inclined ladder. He stumbled down one step and was able to stabilize himself by holding the railing and twisting his body, but he suffered an internal abdominal injury and was hospitalized.

An employee was manipulating dies on a brake press. The press caught and crushed the employee's right forearm, resulting in hospitalization.