| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | |||||
| 2020-09-16 | 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. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 2019-06-14 | 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. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 2015-06-10 | Baraboo | Wisconsin | United Parcel Service | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| A parcel driver was hospitalized due to dehydration. | |||||