Ardent Mills

An employee was powering down a second break roller mill, which is used to grind wheat into flour. The employee's fingers became caught in a pinch point, resulting in amputation of the middle fingertip to the third knuckle and fractures to the index and ring fingertips.

An employee was running a roller mill when the employee's right hand was pulled into the roller mill, amputating the index and middle fingers and damaging the ring finger.

An employee slipped from the 3rd rung of a fixed ladder and broke his ankle.

An employee was stacking concrete blocks for a concrete bunker. As a block was swinging into place, the employee's left leg was pinched between two blocks, resulting in injuries to his left heel and lower leg.

An employee was using a crane to move a 44-foot, 3,343-pound I-beam. As the beam was moving west, it straightened out (north to south), beginning to swing south toward the northwest corner of a building. The crane then sent the beam southward, directly toward the corner of the building. The beam caught the tips of the employee's left index, middle, and ring fingers against the building. The last joints of the middle and ring fingers were amputated, and the last joint of the index finger was partially crushed.

An employee was placing a board on top of a bundle of steel tubing. A crane was moving a bundle of steel that struck the employee and caught them against another bundle of steel tubing. The employee sustained a crushing injury and hematoma to the right upper leg.

Employees were using a crane to lower large tree stems and branches while removing limbs and branches from the load. This caused the load to shift and strike an employee in the back, resulting in a hematoma on the lower left part of their back and a fractured ankle.

A metal tooling base was being moved by a forklift when the load shifted. An employee who was assisting went to stabilize the load and prevent it from sliding off the forks. The C-channel of the base crushed the employee's left hand against the concrete ground, resulting in the amputation of their third and fourth fingers.

An employee was checking a flour roll stand for a blockage. The employee's right hand was caught in an ingoing nip point on the machine, causing partial amputations to the thumb and middle, ring, and little fingers.

An employee was taking water samples when he slipped and fell, fracturing his leg.

An employee was working on a degerminator, which had been lifted by a crane. The machine fell onto the employee's arm and broke it.

An employee was climbing an A-frame ladder to adjust an exhaust pipe on the wall to let the heat out. The employee fell 4-5 feet and injured his right tibia and ankle.

An employee was adjusting the position of a dumpster that was attached to a forklift with a chain when their left little finger was crushed, resulting in a fingertip amputation and surgery.

An employee was closing a door when the door closed on their right index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.

An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.

An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.

A load of steel angles was being lowered when the lifting chain hit the load, causing it to slide toward an employee. An angle slid and pinched the employee, catching both of their legs between the beams and an angle. The employee suffered two fractured legs.