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65 OSHA severe injury reports matching "SANDERSON FARMS".
OSHA Severe Injury Reports Database
Browse 65 workplace severe injury reports with employer names, locations, and incident details. Each report documents a hospitalization, amputation, or eye loss as reported to OSHA. Use the filters below to narrow results.
| Date | Employer | Location | Event | Nature | Body Part | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2025 | Sanderson Farms, Inc. | HAMMOND, LOUISIANA | Hitting, kicking, beating by other person n.e.c. | Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries | Eye(s) | Hospitalized |
| May 14, 2025 | Sanderson Farms LLC, Production Division | HAZLEHURST, MISSISSIPPI | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Multiple body parts n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Nov 14, 2024 | Wayne Sanderson Farms | DECATUR, ALABAMA | Collision with stationary object, nonroadway | Fractures | Foot (feet), toe(s) unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Oct 11, 2024 | Wayne Sanderson Farms | BRYAN, TEXAS | Slip, trip, stumble while stepping between levels | Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries | Multiple trunk locations | Hospitalized |
| Sep 25, 2024 | Sanderson Farms, LLC | TYLER, TEXAS | Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing | Amputations involving bone loss | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Sep 19, 2024 | Wayne-Sanderson Farms, LLC | UNION SPRINGS, ALABAMA | Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing | Amputations involving bone loss | Other finger(s) n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Aug 23, 2024 | Wayne Sanderson Farms LLC | ALBERTVILLE, ALABAMA | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jul 22, 2024 | Sanderson Farms, LLC (Processing Division) | MOULTRIE, GEORGIA | Other fall to lower level unspecified | Fractures | Knee(s) and leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jun 25, 2024 | Wayne-Sanderson Farms | DECATUR, ALABAMA | Other fall to lower level unspecified | Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified | Head unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Mar 6, 2024 | Sanderson Farms, Inc. - Laurel Processing | LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area | Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures | Leg(s) unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Feb 5, 2024 | Wayne Sanderson Farms | PENDERGRASS, GEORGIA | Fall on same level due to slip or trip | Fractures | Hip joint(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 18, 2023 | Sanderson Farms, Inc. - Laurel Processing | LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI | Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing | Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds | Multiple trunk locations | Hospitalized |
| Jun 20, 2023 | Sanderson Farms, Inc. - Laurel Processing | LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Jun 20, 2023 | Sanderson Farms Inc, Processing Division | BRYAN, TEXAS | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Mar 20, 2023 | Wayne - Sanderson Farms LLC | DOTHAN, ALABAMA | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Nov 3, 2022 | Sanderson Farms Inc, Processing Division | BRYAN, TEXAS | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Fractures | Knee(s) | Hospitalized |
| Aug 27, 2022 | Wayne Sanderson Farms Collins Processing Division | COLLINS, MISSISSIPPI | Struck against object or equipment, unspecified | Cuts, lacerations | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Aug 26, 2022 | Wayne - Sanderson Farms LLC | JACK, ALABAMA | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Fractures | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jul 22, 2022 | Sanderson Farms | BRYAN, TEXAS | Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c. | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jun 18, 2022 | Sanderson Farms Tyler Processing | TYLER, TEXAS | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle | Open wounds, unspecified | Eye(s) | Hospitalized |
| Apr 27, 2022 | Sanderson Farms. Inc. | BRYAN, TEXAS | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Fractures | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Feb 14, 2022 | Sanderson Farms Tyler Processing | TYLER, TEXAS | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Sep 22, 2021 | Sanderson Farms Tyler Processing | TYLER, TEXAS | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Sep 7, 2021 | Sanderson Farms. Inc. | BRYAN, TEXAS | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Avulsions, enucleations | Forearm(s) | Hospitalized |
| Aug 18, 2021 | SANDERSON FARMS, INC. | HAZLEHURST, MISSISSIPPI | Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified | Cuts, lacerations | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Aug 12, 2021 | Sanderson Farms Inc, Processing Division | BRYAN, TEXAS | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by another person | Fractures | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| Feb 26, 2021 | SANDERSON FARMS, INC. | COLLINS, MISSISSIPPI | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Upper arm(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Dec 9, 2020 | Sanderson Farms, Inc. | WACO, TEXAS | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Sep 28, 2020 | Sanderson Farms | BRYAN, TEXAS | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Fractures | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 22, 2020 | Sanderson Farms Tyler Processing | TYLER, TEXAS | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jul 20, 2020 | SANDERSON FARMS, Inc | COLLINS, MISSISSIPPI | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jul 20, 2020 | Sanderson Farms Inc. | PALESTINE, TEXAS | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Fractures | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Dec 3, 2019 | SANDERSON FARMS | BRYAN, TEXAS | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Oct 22, 2019 | SANDERSON FARMS | BRYAN, TEXAS | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Aug 31, 2019 | Sanderson Farms, Inc. | HAMMOND, LOUISIANA | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified | Fractures and dislocations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Aug 13, 2019 | SANDERSON FARMS INC. | HAZLEHURST, MISSISSIPPI | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Fractures | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jul 16, 2019 | Sanderson Farms, Inc. - Laurel Processing | LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. | Crushing injuries | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jul 4, 2019 | SANDERSON FARMS, INC. | COLLINS, MISSISSIPPI | Contact with hot objects or substances | Second degree heat (thermal) burns | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Feb 14, 2019 | Sanderson Farms, Inc. | BRYAN, TEXAS | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Sep 28, 2018 | SANDERSON FARMS | MOULTRIE, GEORGIA | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 18, 2018 | SANDERSON FARMS, INC. | MOULTRIE, GEORGIA | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| May 15, 2018 | Sanderson Farms, Inc. | BRYAN, TEXAS | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue | Second degree chemical burns and corrosions | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| May 8, 2018 | Sanderson Farms | WACO, TEXAS | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Apr 25, 2018 | Sanderson Farms Inc. | HAZLEHURST, MISSISSIPPI | Slip or trip without fall, unspecified | Avulsions, enucleations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Apr 12, 2018 | Sanderson Farms, Inc. | SUMMIT, MISSISSIPPI | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Feb 21, 2018 | SANDERSON FARMS | COLLINS, MISSISSIPPI | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Fractures | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Dec 18, 2017 | Sanderson Farms, Inc. | BRYAN, TEXAS | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Fractures | Fingertip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Aug 26, 2017 | Sanderson Farms, Inc. | BRYAN, TEXAS | Fall on same level due to tripping, unspecified | Fractures | Knee(s) | Hospitalized |
| Aug 16, 2017 | Sanderson Farms Production Division | PALESTINE, TEXAS | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Apr 22, 2017 | SANDERSON FARMS, INC. | HAZLEHURST, MISSISSIPPI | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
Frequently Asked Questions
OSHA requires employers to report all workplace injuries resulting in hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye within 24 hours. Each report in this database includes the employer name, full address, a description of the event, the nature of injury, and a detailed narrative of what happened.
The most common severe workplace injuries include amputations, fractures, crushing injuries, burns, and multiple injuries. Falls, being struck by objects, caught-in/between incidents, and exposure to harmful substances are among the most common event types.
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