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. | |||||
2021-07-28 | 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. | |||||
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. | |||||
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. | |||||
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. | |||||
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. | |||||
2015-03-04 | 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. |