| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-22 | Tyler | Tx | Sanderson Farms Tyler Processing | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was removing chicken parts from the breast processor when the blade of the breast processor amputated the employee's fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-06-29 | Houston | Tx | LMMM Houston #32 | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was cutting chicken breast with a meat saw and cut his left thumb resulting in a partial amputation. | |||||
| 2019-04-06 | Aurora | Colorado | Ames Construction, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee fell from a dumpster rail to the ground, suffering a head laceration and fractures to the shoulders, breast plate, and spine. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-03-19 | Nacogdoches | Texas | Pilgrim?s Pride Corporation | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was walking across a crosswalk in a breast deboning department with a knife in his hand. He lost his balance and the knife punctured his chest and lung. | |||||
| 2019-01-07 | Arcadia | Louisiana | House of Raeford | Hand(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee was trying to unstick a chicken breast from a breast slicer machine when the slicer lacerated the employee's left hand, resulting in a medical amputation of the hand. | |||||
| 2018-04-05 | Fort Recovery | Ohio | Fort Recovery Industries | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| While moving a box with parts, an employee tripped over the corner of a pallet, fell, and hit the corner of the table. The employee suffered hematoma to the left breast area and a knee, as well as a blood clot. | |||||
| 2017-08-25 | Canton | Ohio | MPW Industrial Services, Inc. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was standing approximately 20 feet away from a coworker that was hooking up a 6,000 psi sewer jet to clean out a pipeline. When the hose was turned on in the truck, the hose came out of the pipeline and sprayed the employee's chest just below the breast line. The employee was cut and hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-08-19 | Hamburg | Arkansas | ASPLUNDH TREE EXPERT CO. | Lower leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was using a chainsaw to fell a 68-foot tall, 16-inch to 20-inch diameter at breast height chestnut tree when the tree began to fall and struck another tree. The butt of the tree kicked back, striking and fracturing the employee's right leg just above the ankle. | |||||
| 2017-07-13 | Vienna | Georgia | Tyson Foods, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was attempting to remove a piece of chicken from a breast processor sawblade when the employee's right hand contacted the blade, amputating the pinky fingertip and lacerating the other fingers. | |||||
| 2016-06-05 | Cleveland | Ohio | Chipotle Mexican Grill, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| On or about 6/5/2016, at approximately 14:15, an employee was cutting chicken breast with a handheld knife when the knife slipped and his thumb contacted the blade. His right thumb was amputated. | |||||
| 2016-03-02 | Muldrow | Oklahoma | OK Foods, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was attempting to remove a frozen chicken breast from a belt. The employee's fingertip was amputated when it was caught in the belt. | |||||
| 2015-04-06 | Manchester | Ohio | Ranger Steel, Inc. | Face | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was replacing breast cable when a barge stay rope broke free. The rope hit the employee in the back, knocking him to the ground. He landed on his face. | |||||
| 2015-02-23 | Farmerville | Louisiana | Foster Farms Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| The employee was working at a production line where breast meat is inspected prior to packaging. The employee reached down and underneath a conveyor belt where her glove was caught in a pinch point, amputating her right index fingertip. The doctor described it as a de-gloving of the fingertip with removal of the bone tip. | |||||
| 2015-02-10 | Belle Chasse | Louisiana | CC 111 LLC | Multiple face locations | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| Employees were removing derricks while unloading a ship. A breasting cable got hung up on a derrick. When the employees pulled the cable, the pressure caused the line to snap. The line struck two of the employees along the right side of their faces. | |||||
| 2015-01-15 | Perry | Georgia | Perdue Farms | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On January 15, 2015, at approximately 2:45 a.m., Employee #1 experienced a laceration to the right little finger while operating equipment used to remove the breast and tenders from the bird. The employee was taken to the hospital, where it was determined that a surgical amputation was necessary. | |||||