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A dry plant employee had gone to the head box of bucket elevator 175A to clear an obstruction. When completed the employee had leaned the shovel against the hand rail and started to descend down. Upon starting the bucket elevator the shovel had fallen and struck another dry plant employee on the head. This resulted in a light concussion. Dr. had ordered one day off for recovery.

Employee using breaker bar to help customer truck driver close bottom gate. As employee was exerting force employee rolled right ankle resulting in a spiral fracture of the right ankle. Employee was wearing muck boots at the time which did not offer the support needed for job being done.

Employee was using EE's personal knife to cut a zip tie and cut EE's left thumb. EE was not wearing gloves, and was pulling the knife towards EE's body. When EE cut through the zip tie the knife struck EE's left thumb. This resulted in an approximately 1 inch laceration which took 6 stitches to close laceration.

Injury was not reported to company until Tuesday July 27, 2021. Employee was installing a speed bump at the Load Out area. While kneeling down on the right knee EE began to swing hammer side to side to loosen stake to remove from ground. EE allegedly hit left knee with hammer resulting in a cellulitis infection in EE's left knee.

Employee was working on a product spout in silo 1A and attempted to manipulate the limit switch in order to make the spout go down. EE had the guard off of the electric motor and when EE reached in to manipulate the limit switch EE's left forearm had contacted the cooling fans on the rear of the motor. This laceration required 19 staples to close the wound

Employee working on bucket elevator 306 heating a bearing with torch trying to wedge out of place. Employee hit with hammer and was hit by piece of shrapnel on right hand across knuckles causing laceration. Laceration took 7 stitches to close laceration.

Employee slipped while climbing down 10' A frame ladder, EE's left foot slipped off rung resulting in a laceration to EE's back left thigh from a piece of angle iron that was behind EE. Laceration was closed with 21 stitches.

The employee was working as a wet plant operator when a sump started overflowing, the employee was on EE's way to turn off a pump when EE had slipped on the wet concrete. When the employee slipped EE had extended EE's left arm to catch self resulting in a fracture to EE's left arm.