| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-20 | Schuyler | Ne | Cargill Meat Solutions Corp | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was in the process of removing a label from a combo. The employee moved to get out of the way of a forklift when the rear of the forklift contacted the combo and the employee's left hand was caught between the combo and the forklift. The employee suffered an open fracture to the distal left phalanx and to the thumb. | |||||
| 2021-10-06 | Schuyler | Ne | Cargill Meat Solutions Corp | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning a chute on a meat processing machine when the machine activated, causing an amputation to the employee's right index finger. | |||||
| 2021-09-01 | Schuyler | Ne | Cargill | Thoracic region | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee fell from the side of a platform, landing on the ground about 4 feet below and suffering a back fracture. | |||||
| 2021-02-15 | Schuyler | Ne | Cargill | Lower leg(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was placing bungee cords on beef hides before they reach the side puller. As the employee was placing the bungee cord on the hides, her glove got stuck on the bungee cord hook. As the line progressed, the employee was pulled around the guardrail and to the ground, resulting in fractures to the right tibia and fibula. | |||||
| 2020-06-08 | Schuylerville | New York | Nelson Tree Service, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was directing the driver of a truck. The truck's right front tire drove over the employee's lower left leg (below the knee) and onto the right leg near the calf. The truck was then backed off the employee. The employee was hospitalized with swelling, a contusion, and a blood clot. | |||||
| 2020-06-05 | Schuyler | Nebraska | Cargill Protein | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee used a hook to pry up a cast iron manhole cover to check if water was flowing through the drain system. The cover slipped from the hook and fell on his right middle fingertip, causing an amputation that included bone. | |||||
| 2020-05-13 | Schuyler | Nebraska | White Castle Roofing | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was doing roof work. The employee fell from a ladder to the ground, suffering a broken collarbone, a broken sternum, a fractured spine, and slight amnesia. | |||||
| 2019-07-01 | Schuyler | Nebraska | CARGILL, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was holding a cow's tail when part of his index finger was cut off by a hydraulic tail clipper. | |||||
| 2019-06-17 | Schuyler | Nebraska | Cargill, Inc | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| The injured employee asked the skinner operator for a long hook that was hanging over a meat conveyor. As the skinner operator retrieved the hook, the injured employee's right hand became caught in the skinner roller and the blade amputated three fingertips. There are no guards along the edges of the top of the skinner. | |||||
| 2018-07-16 | Schuyler | Nebraska | Cargill | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was trying to move a train track switch when his finger was caught in the switch mechanism. The tip of his left ring finger was amputated. | |||||
| 2018-01-30 | Schuyler | Nebraska | Cargill Protein | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was trying to grab a box of product to turn it around on a conveyor so the label on the box was facing the correct direction. Her gloved left hand slipped off of the box and was caught in the in-going nip point on the chain and sprocket, causing amputations to her left ring and pinky fingers. | |||||
| 2016-06-16 | Schuyler | Nebraska | Cargill | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
| A door hinge closed on an employee's left ring finger, amputating the fingertip to the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2016-02-27 | Schuyler | Nebraska | Cargill | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| While placing a hide in clamps, an employee's thumb was caught and crushed in the clamp. | |||||
| 2016-01-27 | Schuyler | Nebraska | Cargill | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee reached for a box that was jammed in the ground beef burger tray former machine. When he removed the box, the machine started and pulled his hand into a chain resulting in a partial amputation of the right ring finger. | |||||
| 2015-12-01 | Schuyler | Nebraska | Cargill Meat Solutions Corp | Wrist(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee slipped and fell on ice in the parking lot, breaking her right wrist. | |||||
| 2015-11-11 | Schuyler | Nebraska | Cargill | Multiple upper extremities locations | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee's left arm and elbow were lacerated by a knife while working on the gutter table. | |||||
| 2015-08-08 | Schuyler | Nebraska | Central AG Builders, L.L.C. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| A worker was travelling down a belted manlift in a grain silo. The platform the worker was standing on shifted and the worker fell 15 feet to the concrete floor below. | |||||