CARLSBAD PLANT — Accidents

Total: 42 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
12/30/2025 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee got a piece of debris in right eye. Employee was using an angle grinder to cut bolts from the broken elevator buckets in order to install new ones. They were wearing safety glasses. They said...
11/22/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS FATALITY Fatal The employee was pressure washing silo #6 and was found with their head and right arm in the silo with salt buildup on their head and right arm. The employee was pronounced dead at the scene.
04/28/2025 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was kneeling on a pile of product, as EE got up with EE's right foot, it slipped. Employee tried to break the fall with EE's right arm.
04/25/2025 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was walking under the Bemis reject line when a bag fell off the conveyor, striking the employee on the left side of neck/shoulder area.
04/01/2025 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employee was walking down a slope, slipped on gravel and strained left knee.
03/12/2025 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted Kneeling left knee on frame, right foot slipped and lost balance.
08/08/2024 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted on Aug. 8, 2024 at 8:00 am, a maintenance worker strained their back while stepping off the Bemis palletizer platform onto portable stairs. The employee saw a doctor on 8/13 and was released back to w...
07/31/2024 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost On July 31, 2024, an experience plant electrician was assigned the task of repairing a portable conveyor. At approx. 8:28 am the conveyor was cleaned and moved into the shop for repairs. The elec. rep...
06/17/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 326d lost Employee was reaching into a box and felt back pain.
02/10/2023 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 63d restricted Raising a silo swing hammer from waist to chest level.
09/28/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was closing the shop (garage) door with the chain mechanism. The support cable broke, causing the door to free fall to the ground. With the momentum of the door going down, the chain whipped...
09/05/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Worker was stacking 50# Salt Blocks on a pallet, when EE begun feeling minor pain in the middle of the back. Pain increased as shift continued and stopped stacking blocks.
06/15/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Picking up a 50# salt bag from ground level.
02/28/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was lifting a 50lb bag of Red Iron oxide and felt pain in lower back. Took employee to the Dr. and had employee evaluated, Dr. released to restricted work duty
10/22/2018 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 98d lost, 10d restricted Employee was walking in the warehouse and a forklift came up beside employee and made a hard turn to the right and hit employee on the right side of body. It knocked employee down on the floor. Employ...
05/16/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 15d restricted Employee was cleaning #2 water softener bin when a chunk of salt fell from the side of bin and hit left shoulder and EE fell against metal door opening. EE had an abrasion / hematoma on left tricep. T...
05/28/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None In the maintenance parts warehouse near the east door. EE was accessing a piece of pvc conduit near the wall, when he bumped A 30# fire extinguisher with his hardhat causing it to fall and hit his lef...
08/28/2014 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee entered the wrapper to remove an empty pallet. He failed to lock-out tag- out and entered the conveyor from the top walking on the middle of the belt when he removed pallet the conveyor start...
09/05/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Employee went to the top of water softener elevator to clean pipe and to make sure the it was switched to #1 bin. While he was up there a bug flew inside his right ear. He went to ER and the Doctor th...
07/21/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was stacking 50# salt blocks on a pallet, and smashed the nail on the third finger of left hand between two blocks. Employee is on restricted duty
04/03/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee picked up a 50# block of salt and turned to place it on a pallet, when he felt pain in lower back.
09/02/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted While re-positioning the forks on JLD hydraulic forklift, one of the forks got stuck in the out of place position. When EE reached in with left hand to free it the fork came loose and dropped in posit...
08/03/2010 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE & co-worker were cutting up an old elevator housing to be disposed of when sparks from cutting metal landed on right arm causing EE to move quickly, cutting right forearm on sharp piece of metal. S...
01/28/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was going up the stairs at a fast pace to the bottom hummer room, when he tripped and fell on the top landing of stairway. He had a laceration on right leg that required sutures.
01/21/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 32d restricted EE was walking up stairs on the west side of bottom east hummer. The 8th stair step fell out causing his right leg to fall into hole where step fell out. EE complained of lower back pain.
08/28/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 43d restricted EE was helping clean waste bin, while using a swing hammer to hit the bin it came back sideways and smashed right pinky finger against the handrail. Finger is fractured. Employee is on restricted work...
03/13/2009 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 25d restricted Employee was inspecting bearing noise on pre-stretch roller when ring finger on left hand was caught by roller & mashed the end of finger & tore the skin. Finger required sutures. Employee is on restr...
11/08/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The EE was trying to tighten the belt on infeed to the sewing machine. When he pushed the pulley, the infeed belt grabbed his left thumb. As a result of that, he had bad cuts on his left thumb. The th...
09/03/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 28d restricted Employee was removing a stuck bag of salt at the eject conveyor on the Bernis palletizer. When the conveyor came up, his left arm was pinched between it and the next conveyor in line. Employee had lac...
02/06/2008 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was cleaning the #2 bag shaker. While holding the shaker up with a button and cleaning the salt off shaker he let go of the button and caught his left finger in between the v-belt and the met...
10/20/2007 NONPOWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 29d restricted EE & 2 other employees were attempting to hook the tongue of a power washer trailer to a 2"" ball that was mounted to a manlift. EE grabbed the hitch on the tongue & when they picked up on it the trai...
04/13/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was opening railcar door when the loader operator hit the coupler with loader, closing the door on his right little finger (open fracture at the first joint of the little finger).
11/21/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 67d restricted Employee tripped on electrical cable that goes from encline belt to block press. He fell on his left hand (fractured left forearm). Employee is on restricted work activity.
08/18/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working in the area around block press scale, and run right leg into top corner edge of door on scale. He was taken to company doctor for medical treatment. Required sutures.
05/23/2005 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted EMPLOYEE STATED, WHILE STRETCHING HIS ARMS OUT, RIGHT THUMB WENT THROUGH GUARD ON CIRCULATING FAN & CUT HIS THUMB (THUMB REQUIRED 10 STITCHES).
04/05/2005 POWERED HAULAGE PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 41d lost Ee stated that the upper waste screw for cyclone choked down. He thought the motor kicked heaters, so he lifted the cover up from screw and screw caught his glove on right hand. Cutting the first join...
09/24/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING A BENT GUARD ON THE FRONT OF THE SEWING MACHINE WHEN HE CUT HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER (THE GUARD HAD A VERY SHARP EDGE ON IT AND WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW ONE). REQUIRED FOUR SUTURES...
01/25/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 16d restricted EMPLOYEE HURT LOWER BACK WHILE STACKING 50LBS OF SALT ON PALLET.
08/21/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING OUT OF HER OFFICE AND TRIPPED ON A RUG IN THE HALLWAY, FALLING TO THE FLOOR AND FRACTURING HER RIGHT FOOT.
03/05/2002 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 108d restricted EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS CLOSING DOOR TO THE BAGGING MACHINE MAGAZINE FROM THE SEAT OF THE FORKLIFT, WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF BRAKE. FORKLIFT WENT INTO FORWARD MOTION PNCHING HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN...
01/15/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted EMPLOYEE TRIED TO CATCH TWO 50 LB BAGS OF SALT COMING OFF CONVEYER OR BELT. HE STATED HE HAD PAIN IN HIS LEFT ELBOW AND NUMBNESS IN INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGER.
04/25/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP A 50 LB BAG OF SALT WHEN IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND WHEN HE TRIED TO CATCH IT, AND WHILE DOING SO FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.