Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-08-27 | Baraboo | Wi | Baraboo - Sysco Food Services, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object |
On August 27, 2021, an employee was operating a pallet jack at a warehouse distribution facility. He was standing in an aisle, trying to reposition the pallet jack to lift another pallet, when the jack's drive wheels spun on the wet floor. The jack then slid toward him, pinning his leg against a pallet of boxes and causing a laceration to the calf. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-08-26 | Baraboo | Wi | Walmart, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall while sitting |
An employee was sitting on a stool at a cash register, scanning purchased items. Her foot got stuck between the stool and the bag carousel, causing her to fall to the floor and suffer a broken hip. | |||||
2021-08-11 | Baraboo | Wi | Hescher Transport LLC | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
An employee went up to a catwalk between a semi trailer and a semi cab to diagnose an issue with an electric tarp failing to close. The spring loaded arm uncoupled and released, and the employee was thrown to the ground. The employee suffered fractures to an upper-back vertebra, ribs, a wrist, and a collarbone. | |||||
2020-10-16 | Arabi | La | Associated Terminals, LLC | Upper and lower limb(s) | Fall on water vehicle |
An employee was walking on top of a piece of cargo when the employee stepped through a section of plastic sheeting covering the cargo. The employee fell approximately 14 feet to the steel deck of the ship's hold and fractured their left shoulder, left ankle, and left wrist. | |||||
2020-09-16 | Baraboo | Wi | Teel Plastics, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On September 16, 2020, an employee was clearing the bottom tape that had become wrapped around the crusher belt on the bag line. The machine was activated and the employee's left middle finger was caught in the crusher belt resulting in surgical amputation of the fingertip. | |||||
2020-09-01 | Baraboo | Wi | Ruan Transport Corporation | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
An employee had climbed on a tire to change a windshield wiper blade when the employee slipped and fell to the ground, resulting in a head injury that required hospitalization. | |||||
2020-03-08 | Carabaset Vly | Maine | Sugarloaf Mountain Corporation | Multiple pelvic region locations | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was working on skis, removing a fence. The employee fell down onto the trail and suffered a broken hip/pelvis. | |||||
2020-02-20 | Arab | Alabama | Progress Rail Services Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
While working on a cup polisher machine, an employee suffered an amputation to the left middle finger at the first joint. | |||||
2020-01-22 | Arab | Alabama | Umicore | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped on a patch of ice while walking from one building to another outside and fell to the ground, fracturing the left fibula and tibia. | |||||
2019-08-22 | Baraboo | Wisconsin | Baraboo - Sysco Food Services, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
An employee was driving a fork truck, headed to a put-away location with a pallet of product, when the employee collided with another forklift. The employee suffered an open fracture of the left lower leg just above the ankle. | |||||
2019-07-29 | Arabi | Louisiana | Associated Terminals, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was helping guide a fiberglass barge cover as it was lowered onto a hopper barge. The employee's right middle finger was pinched between the cover and the steel barge coaming wall, causing an amputation of the end of the finger. | |||||
2019-06-14 | Baraboo | Wisconsin | The Toro Company | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
An employee was walking around the driver's side of a semi trailer to secure the trailer doors when the wind blew the semi trailer door into the employee. The employee sustained a laceration to the head and two broken ribs. | |||||
2019-02-07 | Baraboo | Wisconsin | Menard, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
While building furniture, an employee suffered a smashed finger. The finger became infected, and the employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-01-29 | Baraboo | Wisconsin | Baraboo - Sysco Food Services, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle |
An employee stepped off a powered pallet jack he was operating and the pallet jack coasted into him causing an open fracture on the right ankle. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-08-12 | Arabi | Louisiana | Associated Terminals | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle |
An employee was removing a hood from the hull of a ship when his right middle finger was caught between a sling and the protective cage of a track hoe, resulting in an amputation at the first knuckle. | |||||
2018-07-16 | Arabi | Louisiana | American Sugar Refining, Inc. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle |
An employee was attempting to step onto a rolling rail car when his foot slipped and his right foot went under the rail car wheel amputating all five toes. | |||||
2018-07-11 | Arabi | Louisiana | Associated Terminals,LLC. | Nonclassifiable | Struck by object or equipment |
A temporary employee was sitting on a bag of cargo, waiting for operations to begin. A 2,000-pound cargo bag struck the employee. | |||||
2018-06-14 | Arabi | Louisiana | Savard Staffing | Nonclassifiable | Water vehicle incident, n.e.c. |
An employee was struck by a mooring line connecting a barge to a ship when a passing vessel's wake caused the barge to shift outward from the vessel. | |||||
2018-06-01 | Arabi | Louisiana | American Sugar Refining, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee became overheated and lost consciousness while prepping a railroad car to bulk load sugar onto it. The employee suffered from heat stroke/heat exhaustion/heat stress. | |||||
2018-03-31 | Carabaset Vly | Maine | Sugarloaf Mountain Corporation | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was setting up the maze for customers to enter the ski lift area when the employee slipped on ice, breaking the left ankle. | |||||
2015-11-18 | Arabi | Louisiana | AMERICAN SUGAR REFINING INC | Wrist(s) | Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs |
An employee was entering the training room when she tripped on a raised landing, fell and broke her wrist. | |||||
2015-08-15 | Baraboo | Wisconsin | Walmart, Store #1396 | Upper arm(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee working at the service desk tripped over an object and fell to the ground, hitting their upper left arm and sustaining a possible fracture. | |||||
2015-06-14 | Arabi | Louisiana | AMERICAN SUGAR REFINING INC | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was washing out the RS2 screw. While the employee's hand was in the RS2 screw, another employee activated/enabled the A station via the computer, causing the RS2 screw to turn. This action lacerated the employee's palm, severing the tendons. The RS2 screw was not locked out at the time of the accident. | |||||
2015-06-10 | Baraboo | Wisconsin | United Parcel Service | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
A parcel driver was hospitalized due to dehydration. | |||||
2015-01-23 | Carabaset Vly | Maine | Sugarloaf Mountain Corporation | Face | Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire |
Employee suffered serious facial injuries when the valve stem of a pressurized air hydrant hit him resulting in his hospitalization. |