| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-05-06 | Jack | Al | Wayne Farms LLC | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c. |
| An employee was operating a powered pallet jack and began to walk backward. After several steps, he backed into a support beam for poultry processing equipment. The load then moved forward and the handle of the pallet jack struck the employee's abdomen. The employee's stomach was injured and he required surgery. | |||||
| 2021-04-06 | Anderson | Mo | Roxell USA Agile Manufacturing CTB, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was troubleshooting a prototype poultry ventilation fan, trying to point out a loose bolt or vibration. His left pinky finger contacted the moving fan blade resulting in a revision amputation. | |||||
| 2021-02-26 | Jay | Ok | COBB-VANTRESS INC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure through unintentional needlestick or sharp injury |
| An employee was vaccinating poultry at a farm. A bird suddenly jumped, causing the employee to be injected with a poultry vaccine. | |||||
| 2021-01-08 | Cave City | Ar | Unicon Operating Company, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was doing maintenance work on a mechanical poultry harvester. The machine amputated the tip of his right middle finger. | |||||
| 2020-09-21 | Gainesville | Ga | Foundation Food Group | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was cutting poultry using a band saw and amputated the tip of his right thumb. | |||||
| 2020-08-16 | Siloam Springs | Ar | Cobb-Vantress Inc. | Forearm(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was washing the southeast side of a poultry barn with a pressure washer. Water from the pressure wand lacerated her left forearm. | |||||
| 2020-07-15 | Morton | Mississippi | Koch Foods | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person |
| The injured employee stumbled while walking and bumped into another employee that was using scissors to cut poultry. The injured employee was struck by the scissors and was hospitalized with a puncture to the right side of the chest. | |||||
| 2020-06-26 | Moorefield | West Virgini | Pilgrim's Pride Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee had just cleared a machine, jammed by a mis-cut, in poultry cut-up area. The employee was reaching to remove a second mis-cut when the circular saw started up and amputated the tips of the employee's right thumb and index finger (with no bone loss). | |||||
| 2020-06-25 | Stillmore | Georgia | Crider, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was handling poultry and laying them down on a conveyor when the employee's right second finger was caught in a moving shaft, resulting in a finger amputation. | |||||
| 2020-06-25 | Dawsonville | Georgia | Tyson Poultry, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| A Tyson Poultry commercial motor vehicle driver was struck from behind by an empty cage being carried on a three-wheel forklift. The driver suffered lacerations to the right elbow and the top of the left hand, a compound fracture to the right tibia and fibula, fractures to three lower-back vertebrae, and body abrasions. | |||||
| 2020-04-29 | Pendergrass | Georgia | Wayne Farms, LLC | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person |
| An employee was holding a knife in his right hand to debone a poultry thigh when the knife suddenly slipped from his right hand. As he attempted to catch the knife, the tip of the blade made a small cut on the right side of his lower abdomen. | |||||
| 2020-03-25 | Saint Henry | Ohio | Cooper Farms Processing | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On March 25, 2020, an employee was sanitizing equipment when he lost his balance. The moving parts of a poultry machine (a tail quill puller) caught his right hand, amputating four ringers. | |||||
| 2019-09-12 | Morton | Mississippi | Koch Foods | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was using a deboning saw to debone a poultry thigh when the employee's left index finger contacted the rotating saw blade, resulting in an amputation to the extreme end of the left index finger. Protective gloves were not worn at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2019-08-22 | Guntersville | Alabama | Farm Fresh Foods LLC | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was helping secure a container of poultry sanitizing chemical to a forklift when he slipped in a puddle of spilled chemical and fell. He suffered first- and second-degree chemical burns to the left side of his body. | |||||
| 2019-08-09 | Springdale | Arkansas | Tyson Foods | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee turned into a walkway between portion sizers at a poultry processing facility, carrying four or five tote liners. The employee slid on a small piece of chicken and fell to the floor, suffering a broken left hip. | |||||
| 2019-06-17 | Phenix City | Alabama | AlaTrade Foods L.L.C. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning pieces of meat from a poultry skinner. Her hand was caught in the machine, two opposing rubber belts (which rub skin off the meat as it enters the machine) caused an amputation of her left little fingertip, broke the tip of the bone, and degloved the palm side of the finger. | |||||
| 2018-05-08 | Decatur | Arkansas | Simmons Prepared Foods Inc | Arm(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| The injured employee was wiping off condensation from a drip pan located above the poultry processing machine. The employee reached his hand above the machine and his hand became wedged between a trolley rail and the machine resulting in a fracture to the employee's right arm and lacerations to the right hand. | |||||
| 2017-09-04 | Petersburg | Illinois | Petersburg Poultry Processing, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to other harmful substances |
| On September 4, 2017, an employee suffered an infection after processing raw poultry, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-01-03 | New Orleans | Louisiana | Savard Labor & Marine, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Struck by object or equipment |
| Two employees were moving sheets of plywood on the dock. At the same time, a poultry pan was being lowered onto the dock. The injured employee moved under the pan as it was being lowered and was struck by the pan. The employee suffered a broken hip and right metacarpal and a hematoma on the forehead. | |||||
| 2016-09-17 | Canon | Georgia | Rose Acre Farms | BODY SYSTEMS | Ingestion of harmful substance |
| An employee exited the poultry building to take a water break. The employee mistakenly ingested diluted Virocid thinking it was water, suffering stomach pain and vomiting that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-05-18 | Huntsville | Arkansas | SIMMONS FOODS, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Needlestick without exposure to harmful substance |
| An employee was injecting a vaccine into chickens on a poultry farm along a conveying system and stuck the back of his left index finger with the injection apparatus. | |||||
| 2016-03-18 | Jack | Alabama | Wayne Farms LLC | Elbow(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was draining a chiller while standing on a platform to push back poultry. The paddle of the chiller struck the employee's elbow and pushed it into a guard, lacerating it and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-01-22 | Dothan | Alabama | Wayne Farms, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was unloading cages of poultry when the chain that carries the cages came off of the track. When the employee attempted to put the chain back on, the chain caught and partially amputated his left middle and ring fingers. The machine was still running at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2015-12-30 | Pleasant Hope | Missouri | VALLEY OF THE MOON COMMERCIAL POULTS | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Needlestick without exposure to harmful substance |
| An employee was injected with a poultry vaccine that caused a blockage of blood flow to his finger. | |||||
| 2015-09-19 | North Little Rock | Arkansas | Packers Sanitation Services Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning the fryer machine located in a Tyson Food poultry plant and partially amputated his left ring finger. The machine was not locked or tagged out when the employee removed the guard and was cleaning the machine. | |||||
| 2015-07-24 | Pine Mountain Valley | Georgia | Koch Foods, Inc. | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee sustained a right arm laceration while feeding poultry into slitter equipment. | |||||
| 2015-03-04 | Boaz | Alabama | AlaTrade Foods L.L.C. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| The employee reached into a poultry skinning machine to push meat through. The metal mesh glove she was wearing became caught and pulled her hand into the machine, amputating her middle fingertip and nail. | |||||