Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-09-22	Pickett	Wi	Rosendale Dairy, LLC	Brain	Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c.
Two employees were in a gated area of the holding pen at Rosendale Dairy replacing a motor and gearbox for a waste auger. The injured employee was struck by the hinged gate enclosing the auger pit when the fork from the skid steer did not clear the side of the gate. The gate was pushed into the enclosure, striking the injured employee on the forehead and causing him to fall backward and hit his head on the concrete wall. The employee was hospitalized for a subdural hematoma and an epidural hemat
2021-07-15	Cambridge	Ma	LCL Bulk Transport Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was pumping a load of chocolate off a tanker. The dairy valve sucked in, injuring his right index and middle fingers and causing an amputation to a fingertip.
2021-04-09	New York	Ny	Wholefoods Market	Lower leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was moving pallets out of a dairy cooler. As the employee pulled a motorized pallet jack out from under a pallet, his leg was caught between the jack and the wall. He suffered a broken fibula.
2021-02-27	Jerome	Id	Skyline Dairy LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was at a dairy holding pen next to a push gate. The push gate stopped, then started up again as she was investigating why it had stopped. Her fingertip was amputated.
2019-09-21	Harriman	New York	Metroplex Harriman Corporation	Pelvic region	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was picking cases in a dairy refrigerator. As the employee walked towards a pallet, boxes of product fell and struck the employee. The employee was hospitalized for a crushed pelvis.
2018-08-17	Charleston	Illinois	Walmart Stores Inc.	Leg(s)	Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
On August 17, 2018, at approximately 12:15 PM, an employee was unloading a dairy truck. The employee had one foot on the truck trailer gate and one foot on the loading dock plate. The truck moved forward without notice and the employee fell through the area, breaking a leg and requiring hospitalization.
2018-05-25	Lakewood	Colorado	Whole Foods	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion involving outside sources
An employee was stocking milk cartons in a dairy cooler when he felt a strain in his back. He was hospitalized for hernia surgery.
2017-08-13	Hudson	Colorado	Morwai Dairy	Brain	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking on the milk parlor floor to attach suction to a dairy cow. Teat dip had spilled on the floor and the employee stepped in it, slipped, and fell back. The employee's head hit the floor, suffering a concussion.
2017-06-17	Mentor On The Lake	Ohio	Marc Glassman, Inc.	Brain	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was reaching to remove product from the top shelf of a dairy cooler that was malfunctioning. She was stepping onto the front ledge of the cooler for a better reach when she fell approximately 1.5 feet, hitting her head on the ledge or the floor.
2017-05-19	Pearl River	Louisiana	Associated Wholesale Grocers	Leg(s)	Nonroadway collision with other vehicle
An employee was riding a short jack out of the dairy storage area onto the dock area and collided with an employee who was running a lift driver. The employee suffered a right leg fracture.
2016-08-03	New Britain	Connecticut	Guida-Seibert Dairy, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was caught between the load bar of a trailer truck and a stack of plastic dairy cases, losing consciousness and requiring hospitalization.