Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-14 | Fort Atkinson | Wi | Builders FirstSource | Wrist(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over self |
An employee was trying to pick up some strapping from the ground. He tripped and fell to the ground, suffering a broken wrist. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-08-25 | Atkins | Ar | Twin Rivers Foods, Inc | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
At about 9:02 p.m. on August 25, 2021, an employee was trying to clear clogged wastewater pumps. The employee turned off power to the pumps and started the procedure to clear the lines. Upon opening a line, the employee was sprayed by heated liquid and suffered second-degree burns to the torso and upper right arm. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-07-28 | Fort Atkinson | Wi | Spacesaver Corporation | Knee(s) | Trip over an object without fall |
An employee was unloading parts from the paint line when their heel caught on a cart near the work area, resulting in a hyperextended knee. | |||||
2021-04-22 | Fort Atkinson | Wi | Jones Dairy Farm | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
At about 10:15 a.m. on April 22, 2021, an employees' right foot got caught on the base of a printer stand as she turned to walk toward her work station. She fell to the floor, suffering a broken right tibia and a dislocated right ankle. | |||||
2021-03-06 | Atkins | Ar | Twin Rivers Foods, Inc | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was servicing and cleaning a section of a conveyor belt. As he was closing the conveyor section, it landed on his left hand and amputating the tip of the little finger. | |||||
2020-06-17 | Watkins | Colorado | Pure Cycle Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was connecting a bucket attachment to a front loader when the employee's right index finger was caught between the locking pin and the circular hole attachment point, amputating the fingertip. | |||||
2020-05-21 | Atkins | Arkansas | DeAngelo Brothers, LLC | Multiple trunk locations | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was trimming an overhead limb off a felled tree when the tree branch fell and struck the employee. The employee suffered three fractured ribs, a collapsed lung, and a T-12 vertebrae fracture. | |||||
2020-04-06 | Atkins | Arkansas | COWELL STEEL STRUCTURES, INC. | Forearm(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was using a grinder with a cutoff wheel to cut pipe. The wheel broke apart and struck the employee in the left forearm, pieces of it became embedding in the forearm. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-02-18 | Watkins Glen | New York | Cargill Salt | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was loading rail cars. The employee fell from a car, suffering broken ribs and further injuries, and was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-09-12 | Fort Atkinson | Wisconsin | Pieper Automation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was reaching into a packaging machine when the sensors activated and the machine cycled, amputating his index fingertip. | |||||
2019-01-25 | Atkinson | Nebraska | Green Plains Renwable Energy, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
As an employee stepped out of his vehicle he slipped on ice and fell to the ground breaking his left hip. | |||||
2019-01-14 | Fort Atkinson | Wisconsin | HOPPE North America, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee finished drilling a hole into a hinge and was wiggling the hinge out of the drill when his hand raised up and the rotating drill caught his glove, pulling his hand into the drill. He suffered a crushed finger and several fractures to the left index and pinky fingers, leading to amputations. | |||||
2019-01-03 | Atkins | Arkansas | Twin Rivers Foods - Atkins | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was working on a skinning machine when his glove was caught in the machine, resulting in an amputation of his right index fingertip. | |||||
2018-08-13 | Watkins | Colorado | People Ready | Heart | Nonclassifiable |
An employee was hospitalized for a suspected heart attack while installing solar panels. | |||||
2018-01-29 | Watkins | Colorado | Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. | Pelvis | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
An employee was helping spot a tractor trailer and was caught between the trailer and flatbed resulting in a fractured pelvis. | |||||
2017-08-12 | Fort Atkinson | Wisconsin | OSI Industries, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
An employee was shutting the sliding door between two rooms when his left hand was caught between the door and the door frame, crushing and amputating his left middle fingertip. | |||||
2017-05-11 | Atkinson | Nebraska | Olson Industries, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was waiting for a bundle saw to complete its sawing cycle when the employee's left middle finger was caught between two pieces of steel, amputating the fingertip. | |||||
2017-03-07 | Atkinson | Nebraska | AZZ Galvanizing-Nebraska | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was lightheaded and dizzy at work. The employee was hospitalized and treated for dehydration. | |||||
2017-02-27 | Watkins Glen | New York | Charles T. Driscoll Masonry Restoration Company Inc. | Leg(s) | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was working on a plank on an elevated surface 6' from the ground. The plank broke and the employee fell to the ground resulting in a compound fracture to the left leg. | |||||
2016-07-13 | Fort Atkinson | Wisconsin | Asplundh Tree Expert Co. | Arm(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
The employee was cutting a tree limb with a chain saw when the tree limb contacted the saw and the saw contacted the employee's arm causing injury to the left arm. | |||||
2016-04-27 | Fort Atkinson | Wisconsin | US Postal Service | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Slip or trip without fall, n.e.c. |
An employee's mail satchel became caught on a railing, causing him to miss the bottom step of a staircase and herniate a disc in his back. | |||||
2016-02-16 | Fort Atkinson | Wisconsin | Jones Dairy Farm | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was engaged in sanitation of the meat blender in the blend room and amputated the right thumb. | |||||
2016-02-03 | Watkins | Colorado | Employer's Resources of Colorado | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
On February 3rd, 2016, an employee was adding chlorine to the water and received chemical burns to the gastrointestinal tract from breathing in the chlorine gas. | |||||
2015-10-15 | Fort Atkinson | Wisconsin | OSI Group | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a transfer belt when his hand got caught between the belt and the drive roller. He was hospitalized with severe injuries to the second, third, and fourth digits on his right hand. | |||||
2015-09-23 | Fort Atkinson | Wisconsin | BALL METAL CONTAINER | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee sustained a right index fingertip laceration while clearing a misfeed part in a strapper machine. | |||||
2015-05-31 | Watkins | Colorado | Furniture Row | Knee(s) | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
An employee was hospitalized after being involved in a rollover accident while riding as a passenger in an ATV. He injured his right knee and required surgery. | |||||
2015-03-04 | Fort Atkinson | Wisconsin | McCain Foods, Inc. | Wrist(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped on ice and fell suffering a broken wrist which required surgery. |