Severe Workplace Injuries in Guymon, Oklahoma

Sep 4, 2025 · Seaboard Foods LLC Hospitalized

An employee was working at the base of a chute that was dispensing processed pig feet into a container. The employee was retrieving the feet and packaging them in boxes. As she turned and stepped back to pick up an empty box, she stepped onto the edge of a tub under the chute, lost her balance, and fell to the concrete floor. Her left femur was broken near the hip. She was hospitalized.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Thigh(s) · Manufacturing

Jan 4, 2025 · Seaboard Foods LLC Hospitalized

An employee was walking on the production floor when they slipped on a piece of animal fat and fell. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left ankle and required surgery.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Ankle(s) · Manufacturing

Jan 23, 2024 · Seaboard Foods LLC Amputation

An employee was placing a loin back into the hopper with a small meat hook. The meat got stuck in the conveyor belt, which pulled his right index finger into the hopper door and his right index fingertip was amputated.

Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Public administration

Jan 22, 2024 · Kansas Chemical Specialties Amputation

An employee was cleaning out tanks in a chemical room when an acid foam cleaner splashed onto the employee's boot. The employee suffered a chemical burn to his left foot.

Exposure through intact tissue · Foot (feet), toe(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1726661

Jan 18, 2024 · Seaboard Foods LLC Hospitalized

An employee was leaving work and walking to their car when they slipped and fell on ice, resulting in a head injury.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Head · Public administration

Oct 25, 2023 · Seaboard Foods LLC Hospitalized

An employee was loading an animal carcass into a skid loader bucket and placed his left foot onto the loader for leverage. The bucket was then activated, causing the employee's foot to become caught in a pinch point and injured.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Foot (feet) · Public administration

May 11, 2023 · Seaboard Foods, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was clearing a plug from a centrifuge grease pump using steam. The steam heated the grease and caused it to overflow from the tank and spill over onto the employee, resulting in burns.

Contact with hot objects or substances · Nonclassifiable · Manufacturing

May 4, 2023 · Reliant Processing, LTD Hospitalized

An employee was working on a pellet extruder machine that had a dry ice blockage that needed to be removed. As the employee removed the die head, a buildup of carbon dioxide gas under pressure propelled the 5/8-inch die into the employee. They sustained lacerations to the face, fractures of the nose, jaw, and eye socket, as well as internal head trauma.

Struck by discharged object or substance · Brain · Manufacturing

Dec 27, 2022 · Seaboard Foods, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was walking under a moving carcass line when he was struck by a carcass and knocked off the platform. He fell three feet, struck the conveyor support, and landed on the floor. The employee sustained a left hip fracture.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Hip(s) · Manufacturing

Oct 15, 2022 · Seaboard Foods, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was climbing an A-frame ladder to install an equipment curtain. The employee slipped from the ladder as he was climbing, causing him to fall approximately 4 feet to the ground, resulting in a fractured left wrist.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Wrist(s) · Manufacturing

Sep 23, 2022 · Seaboard Foods, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was turning a powered industrial truck. The truck pinned the employee's ankle against the metal top rail in a rail-and-bollard system. The employee suffered a broken right ankle.

Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Ankle(s) · Manufacturing

Sep 8, 2022 · Seaboard Foods, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was trying to light a gas burner with a lighter when residual natural gas ignited. The employee suffered burns to the face/neck area, severe burns to the right middle and ring fingers, a burn from the right hand to the right elbow, and a first-degree burn from the left hand to the left elbow.

Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing

Mar 27, 2022 · Seaboard Foods Hospitalized

An employee was moving a 250-gallon tote of sodium hydroxide with a forklift. When the employee lifted the tote, the load shifted and fell forward into the building. The employee was attempting to pick up the lid that had fallen off of the tote when they were splashed with sodium hydroxide, resulting in chemical burns on their left scapula and the back of their left arm.

Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue · Multiple body parts (other) · Agriculture, forestry and fishing · OSHA inspection 1587261

Jan 27, 2022 · Seaboard Foods, LLC Hospitalized

On January 27, 2022, an employee was operating the south stunner when his right arm was caught between the framework of the double gate that separates the hog alley from the front of the stunner, resulting in a forearm fracture. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

Contact with objects and equipment · Forearm(s) · Manufacturing

Jul 19, 2021 · Seaboard Foods, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was preparing to vaccinate sows using a needle-free injection gun. The gun engaged and injected the employee's left palm. The employee experienced an allergic reaction.

Exposure through medical injection · Body systems · Manufacturing

Jun 9, 2021 · Seaboard Foods, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was working to pull out an enclosed cab tractor that was stuck. A chain was hooked to the front of the tractor and the tail end of a flatbed truck. The tractor began to inch forward when the chain parted. The chain went through the windshield of the tractor and struck the employee in the chest resulting in a chest wounds, a broken left collarbone, and a collapsed lung.

Struck by dislodged flying object, particle · Multiple body parts (other) · Manufacturing

May 22, 2021 · Seaboard Foods, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was walking across a production floor. He slipped on a metal drain cover that was covered in animal blood, fell, and landed on his left arm, breaking it.

Fall on same level due to slipping · Arm(s) · Manufacturing

May 20, 2021 · Seaboard Foods, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was in the pig pen when the animals started fighting. One pig was on top of another when it rolled off and onto the employee's right ankle fracturing it.

Struck by animal (other) · Ankle(s) · Manufacturing

Jan 16, 2021 · Seaboard Foods Amputation

Two employees were performing maintenance on a jammed manual lift elevator door. The door dislodged and an employee's hand was pulled into the spring bindings connected to the door. Skin was amputated from the employee's left index finger.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing

Dec 24, 2020 · Seaboard Foods LLC Hospitalized

An employee was operating a ride-on pallet jack when it struck a concrete pillar. He fell off and hit his head on the concrete floor, suffering a head injury.

Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Brain · Manufacturing

Nov 5, 2020 · Seaboard Foods LLC Hospitalized

An employee was pinned at the chest between a tractor and a trailer and sustained an acute respiratory issue.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area · Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Manufacturing

May 26, 2020 · SEABOARD FOODS LIVE PRODUCTION Hospitalized

While walking in an office hallway, an employee slipped on a mat from a 6-inch step, suffering a dislocated knee.

Trip on uneven surface without fall · Knee(s) · Agriculture, forestry and fishing

Dec 5, 2019 · Seaboard Foods, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was walking down a hall to the break area when he tripped and fell to the floor, resulting in a fractured right hip.

Fall on same level due to tripping · Hip(s) · Manufacturing

Jul 3, 2019 · Hitch Enterprises Hospitalized

An employee slipped and fell while getting out of a truck, suffering a broken rib and punctured lung.

Other fall to lower level · Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Agriculture, forestry and fishing

Jun 24, 2019 · Seaboard Foods, LLC Hospitalized

Two employees were using conductive tools to install a PLC when they came into contact with an energized component. An arc flash occurred, causing second and third degree burns to the employees.

Direct exposure to electricity · Nonclassifiable · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1412294

Apr 5, 2019 · Seaboard Foods Hospitalized

An employee was shutting down a centrifuge for cleaning when it broke off the points just above where it was bolted to the floor. A piece of it struck the employee's chest, causing a cut and injuries. The employee was hospitalized.

Struck by dislodged flying object, particle · Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1392718

Jan 19, 2019 · Seaboard Farms Corporation Hospitalized

An employee was helping a forklift operator when the forklift struck the employee. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right ankle.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area · Ankle(s) · Wholesale trade

Jan 8, 2019 · JKMI, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was riding in an aerial lift when it contacted a high-voltage power line. The employee was hospitalized with burns to the torso and upper body.

Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts · Multiple body parts · Construction · OSHA inspection 1373935

Dec 28, 2018 · Seaboard Foods Hospitalized

An employee slipped on ice while unloading feed. He fell, injuring his head on a trailer hitch.

Fall on same level due to slipping · Brain · Agriculture, forestry and fishing

Jul 27, 2018 · QVEST LLC Amputation

An employee was cleaning the front foot separator saw when their foot was caught in the pull chain causing an open fracture and amputation of his right lower leg.

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects · Lower leg(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services · OSHA inspection 1335023