| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-29 | Dakota City | Ne | Tyson Foods, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| While leaving work, an employee tripped on a rug and fell resulting in a fractured left femur. | |||||
| 2021-04-22 | Dakota City | Ne | Tyson Foods | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources |
| An employee was putting hides on hooks and pulling hides off hooks. The employee suffered a hernia. | |||||
| 2021-03-16 | Dakota | Il | BERNER FOOD & BEVERAGE, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was troubleshooting a vacuum pump connected to a drum containing cream filling. The employee shut off the vacuum pump, disassembled the pump, turned the pump back on, and was trying to remove thick cream around the edge when the pump suction cycled. The employee's left thumb was caught between the base ring and the inside of the pump ferrule housing, and was amputated at the first knuckle from the tip. | |||||
| 2020-08-22 | Dakota | Il | BERNER FOOD AND BEVERAGE | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| On August 22, 2020, the injured employee and a coworker were removing a trash gondola out of a compactor. Both were positioned outside of the compactor. As they were attempting to slide it down to the base of the gondola tipper, the gondola moved and caught the injured employee's fifth digit on his right hand and amputated it at the nail bed. | |||||
| 2020-05-20 | Dakota City | Nebraska | Tyson Foods, Inc. | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| After processing meat, an employee put his left hand into a sterilizer. His inner rubber glove had come off when he removed his outer cotton glove, and the sterilizer's hot water burned his hand and fingers. | |||||
| 2019-05-01 | Dakota | Illinois | Berner Food & Beverage, Inc. | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over self |
| On May 1, 2019, an employee was walking toward the packaging conveyor to remove boxes when she tripped and landed on her right knee resulting in a hairline fracture of her right patella. | |||||
| 2019-04-08 | Dakota | Illinois | Berner Food & Beverage, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
| On April 8, 2019, at 12:26 p.m., an employee was using a manual rolling light duty tilt truck to dump collected garbage into a dumpster at the dock. The employee tilted the truck and its contents backward, and while doing so, his hand was caught between the metal handle of the tilt truck and the edge of the dumpster, amputating his right pinky fingertip. | |||||
| 2018-03-03 | Dakota | Illinois | Mike Thieling Construction | Wrist(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
| Two employees were installing a metal panel ceiling. As they flipped the panel over, it slipped from the injured employee's hand and lacerated his wrist, slashing the artery. He required sutures and hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-02-13 | Dakota City | Nebraska | Packer Sanitation Service, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning trim extruders on the lower side of a locked out auger. During the cleaning process, the equipment was unlocked. At that time, the employee's right finger entered the auger's drain port and was amputated. | |||||
| 2017-01-08 | Dakota City | Nebraska | Big Ox Energy Siouxland, LLC | Multiple body parts | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee and a coworker were simultaneously pouring two 5-gallon buckets of 34% hydrogen peroxide and a catalyst down a floor drain when a violent chemical reaction occurred, exposing them to gases and corrosive liquid chemicals. The employee was hospitalized with first and second degree burns to the face, neck, and arms. | |||||
| 2016-08-01 | Dakota City | Nebraska | Tyson Fresh Meats | Lumbar region | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was standing on a portable stand rehanging beef in the cooler when the stand was bumped, causing the employee to fall to the floor below and suffer a fractured L2 vertebra. | |||||
| 2016-07-11 | Dakota City | Nebraska | ELEMENTIS LTP INC. | Multiple body parts | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| Employee 1 was disconnecting a pressurized hose used to offload sulfuric acid from a rail tank car into a storage tank when he was sprayed with sulfuric acid. Employee 2 tried to help Employee 1 and was also sprayed with sulfuric acid. Employee 1 was hospitalized for treatment of burns to the arms, face, and chest. Employee 2 was hospitalized for treatment of burns to the arms. | |||||
| 2016-03-28 | Dakota City | Nebraska | Tyson Foods, Inc. | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was struck by a passing lift truck while sweeping and cleaning the material handling area, sustaining a fractured right leg. | |||||
| 2016-02-01 | Dakota City | Nebraska | Tyson Foods, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee slipped on black ice while walking in the company parking lot, suffering a broken lower left leg. | |||||
| 2015-09-08 | Dakota City | Nebraska | Tyson Foods | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| A maintenance employee was working on a snorkel lift that was up in the air. He reached down to retrieve something and steadied himself by placing his other hand on the sprocket. The sprocket moved and amputated his right thumb tip, including the nail. The lift guard was not in place at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2015-04-10 | Dakota City | Nebraska | Tyson Foods Inc | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee fell off of a ramp during an evacuation drill, sustaining a left hip fracture and shoulder injury. | |||||