| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-11 | South Beloit | Il | TPG Pressure, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was welding a metal strap on both sides of a 20-foot long pipe. There was a welding machine on each side of the pipe. The pipes were placed on a conveyor which moved the pipes toward the pre-stress wiring machine. While the employee was walking between the pipes, a pipe rolled backward off the conveyor and caught the employee between the pipes. The employee sustained broken ribs and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-11-10 | Beloit | Wi | Viking Chemical Co. | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| An employee was filling chemical tanks when the muriatic and chlorine chemical intake lines were switched, resulting in a chemical reaction and chemical off-gassing. The employee required hospitalization for chemical vapor inhalation. | |||||
| 2021-07-31 | Beloit | Wi | Hormel Foods Corporation | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning a portable belt conveyor when their right hand contacted the power end of the belt conveyor, which crushed the employee's hand. | |||||
| 2021-05-18 | Beloit | Wi | Rock Road Companies, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
| An employee was connecting a wire rope choker to a section of 36-inch concrete sewer pipe. After connecting the choker, a backhoe lifted the section of pipe. As the pipe section was being lifted it began to spin and struck the employee pinning his right leg against a section of stationary pipe. The employee sustained a fractured right femur and lacerations. | |||||
| 2021-04-12 | Beloit | Wi | Lyons Magnus, LLC dba Tru Aseptics LLC | Forearm(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee removed a cap from a gravity-fed water line to use water to clean the line. Hot water from the line struck the employee's left forearm, causing second-degree burns. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-07-26 | Beloit | Wisconsin | Hormel Foods Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On July 26, 2020, an employee was checking can codes on a canning line. While retrieving a can, the employee's left middle finger was caught between the conveyor and a transfer plate and amputated. | |||||
| 2020-04-07 | Beloit | Wisconsin | Fairbanks Morse Engine | Elbow(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was sitting on a large engine, masking an electrical system off for painting. The employee moved to step onto a lift and fell to the ground, suffering a broken elbow. | |||||
| 2020-02-26 | Beloit | Wisconsin | American Builders & Contractors Supply Co | Foot (feet) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was getting off the bed of a truck, slipped, and fell to the ground fracturing their left foot. | |||||
| 2020-01-20 | Beloit | Wisconsin | BELOIT COLLEGE | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| On January 20, 2020, at approximately 11:45 p.m., an employee was walking on a sidewalk to reset a circuit breaker when the employee slipped and fell on ice, breaking an ankle. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-05-18 | Beloit | Wisconsin | Pratt (Beloit Corrugating), LLC | Multiple body parts | Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet |
| The injured employee was washing out a 55-gallon barrel with a hose next to the U-drain. The U-drain screen was clogged so another employee removed one grate to remove the clog. The injured employee was about one foot from the U-drain washing the barrel and stepped into the unguarded drain. The U-drain was about 10 feet in length, 16 inches wide and about 3 feet deep and had hot water in it. The injured employee suffered second degree burns to the leg, waist and stomach. | |||||
| 2019-04-25 | South Beloit | Illinois | Treehouse Private Brands, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On April 25, 2019, an employee received an amputation on the left pinky finger while picking up cookies on a conveyor. There was a transition point (1/4 gap) between the conveyor and tracking cable. The employee's finger was caught within the cable, which resulted in hospitalization and an amputation. | |||||
| 2019-04-09 | Beloit | Wisconsin | Avid Pallet Services, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was using a horizontal band saw to dismantle wood pallets when the employee made contact with the band saw blade, suffering a thumb laceration. The saw was guarded at the time. | |||||
| 2019-02-07 | Beloit | Wisconsin | Henkels & McCoy, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was removing ice from the ropes used to pull power lines through a traveler. The grip broke and the rope pulling the cable through the roller pulled the employee's right hand into the traveler, breaking some bones and tearing the carpal tunnel ligament. | |||||
| 2019-01-08 | South Beloit | Illinois | The Top Die Casting Co. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On January 8, 2019, at 6:15 a.m., an employee was trying to unplug shot beads from a die cast machine. His finger was inside the area where the machine discharges the beads when the machine activated, amputating his right index fingertip. | |||||
| 2018-06-04 | Beloit | Wisconsin | Linde LLC | Nonclassifiable | Fire |
| An employee was hospitalized due to burns sustained in a fire. | |||||
| 2018-06-04 | Beloit | Wisconsin | Westphal & Company, Inc. | Arm(s) | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
| An employee opened the transformer/fuse drawer and changed two medium voltage fuses while the drawer was de-energized. As the employee began to push the main power drawer (13,200 VAC./1,200 amps) back in an arc flash occurred. The arc blast energy and fire ball came out of the bottom door of the main power drawer and up. The employee was standing next to the main power drawer, on the bottom rung of a four-rung step ladder, when the fire ball engulfed his upper torso. The employee sustained secon | |||||
| 2018-03-18 | Beloit | Wisconsin | Frito Lay | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was moving magnets when two of the magnets were drawn together and crushed his fingertip, resulting in a partial amputation. | |||||
| 2018-01-24 | South Beloit | Illinois | Key Outdoor Inc. | Face | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee's face was struck by a falling piece of wooden billboard during vinyl installation. The employee suffered a face contusion and sore back. | |||||
| 2017-07-21 | South Beloit | Illinois | FORTERRA PIPE & PRECAST, LLC | Foot (feet) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee had raised a steel ring with a crane when it fell and struck his left foot, crushing it. | |||||
| 2017-07-14 | Beloit | Wisconsin | Western Container Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was making adjustments on a V pusher when the machine’s V flap came up and caught the employee’s left ring fingertip, amputating the finger pad. | |||||
| 2017-06-27 | South Beloit | Illinois | Axium Foods, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was checking a clog or jam while purging a tortilla masa pump when his left hand entered the pump opening and contacted the impellers, amputating his left ring fingertip and part of his index finger. | |||||
| 2017-01-13 | Beloit | Wisconsin | Blackhawk Propane Company Inc | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was pulling an LP gas hose to fill a residential LP tank and slipped on ice and fell breaking his hip. | |||||
| 2017-01-11 | Beloit | Wisconsin | American Aluminum Extrusion Company, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was moving warped metal from one conveyor to another when a faulty control switch caused a retractable conveyor to extend and pinch the employee's finger. The fingertip was medically amputated. | |||||
| 2016-10-06 | Beloit | Wisconsin | Western Container Corporation | Upper arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On 10/6/16, at approximately 2:00 p.m., an employee was operating a compound miter box saw to cut cardboard tubes. The saw kicked upward, pulling her right arm into the blade and lacerating the right bicep. The saw was guarded at the time. | |||||
| 2016-09-12 | South Beloit | Illinois | Behr Iron & Metal, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was adjusting the legs of a floor scale while a coworker lifted the corner of the scale with a pry bar. The pry bar slipped and the floor scale fell and pinched the employee's left index finger, amputating his fingertip. | |||||
| 2016-07-28 | South Beloit | Illinois | Winnebago Foundry | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
| An employee was electrocuted while attempting to change a fuse in the electrical panel. | |||||
| 2016-06-14 | Beloit | Wisconsin | American Aluminum Extrusion Company, LLC | Foot (feet) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was clearing an area when a large metal rack used to store aluminum dropped on his foot, fracturing it. | |||||
| 2016-06-05 | Beloit | Wisconsin | Hetzel-Sanfilippo, Inc. | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| On 6/5/16, at approximately 12:15 p.m., an employee was climbing onto a mobile scaffold to install drywall mud. The employee was ascending an add-on scaffold ladder designed for safe scaffold access when his foot was caught on the second rung. He then fell less than 4 feet, fracturing three vertebrae in his neck. | |||||
| 2016-02-18 | Beloit | Wisconsin | American Aluminum Extrusion Company, LLC | Trunk | Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source |
| A maintenance employee was making repairs on the production line, using a handheld grinder to grind metal, when sparks flew back and hit him. His shirt was oily and caught on fire, causing burns to his torso. | |||||
| 2015-07-31 | South Beloit | Illinois | Winnebago Foundry | Foot (feet) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was exposed to molten iron when it poured on his foot. | |||||
| 2015-06-15 | Beloit | Kansas | Landoll Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee in the production area was operating 60-ton press machine to form and bend metal parts. The movement of the machine amputated his pointer and middle fingertips on his left hand. | |||||
| 2015-05-14 | Beloit | Wisconsin | Genecor International Wisconsin, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee's left ring fingertip was amputated when it made contact with a moving sprocket while changing a belt on an exhaust fan. | |||||
| 2015-04-23 | Beloit | Wisconsin | Diamond Foods, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee suffered second degree burns to his left foot when stepping into a walk-in dishwasher drain where the floor grate had been removed and hot water had accumulated. His vision was blocked by a metal chute he was carrying at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2015-03-20 | South Beloit | Illinois | Bremner Food Group, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was instructing another employee on how to conduct a moisture test by placing baked cookies coming out of the oven (on a conveyor belt) on top of the fan's guard enclosure. A series of three to four fans are attached to the belt to blow down on the cookies (cooling) as they come out of the oven. These fans could be located 6 to 12 inches above the conveyor belt. The oven operators can't see the fans but are able to reach and make physical contact with them. The injured employee took | |||||
| 2015-03-17 | Beloit | Wisconsin | Fairbanks Morse Engine | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c. |
| An employee got the right middle finger crushed in the gears of a manually operated training aid (model of a turbo charger/blower). The employee's fingertip was later amputated. | |||||
| 2015-03-02 | Beloit | Wisconsin | American Aluminum Extrusion, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee operating a tail stretcher machine sustained a partial finger amputation. The employee's fingers were not guarded and the left index fingertip was smashed. | |||||