Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-08-09 | Brillion | Wi | Ariens Company | Wrist(s) | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
An employee was moving a scissor lift through the paint line to change an air hoist. As the lift moved down the spur, a hook caught on it and pulled it over. The employee fell out of the lift, and a frame fell off the line and struck the employee. The employee suffered a broken right wrist and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-04-10 | Brillion | Wi | Ariens Company | Leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
Employees were pushing a cart loaded with 23-foot-long tubes off a trailer. The load came to a sudden stop due to an uneven dock leveling plate; some of the tubes fell onto an employee's right leg, causing multiple fractures. | |||||
2020-07-17 | Brillion | Wisconsin | Ariens Company | Forearm(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was team lifting a frame from the ground and trying to hang it on the non-powered spur of an overhead conveyance system when the frame slipped and struck the employee's right forearm, causing a laceration. | |||||
2019-07-15 | Brillion | Wisconsin | Ariens Company | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a full revolution mechanical power press when the dies closed while the employee's hands were in the die area. The employee sustained a partial right hand amputation. | |||||
2017-02-21 | Brillion | Wisconsin | Ariens | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was installing bearings onto an axle hub with a handheld bearing press. The press malfunctioned and became stuck in the down position. When the employee reached into the bearing press to free the plunger, it shot up and partially amputated his left thumb tip. | |||||
2016-08-25 | Brillion | Wisconsin | Brillion Iron Works | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On August 25, 2016, an employee suffered a partial amputation of the right pinky finger while using a metal casting machine to form dimples in the castings. | |||||
2016-05-20 | Brillion | Wisconsin | Brillion Iron Works | Nonclassifiable | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was getting ready to perform maintenance on a furnace transformer when he contacted a 12.5-kilovolt line, suffering second and third degree burns. | |||||
2016-02-12 | Brillion | Wisconsin | Ariens Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
While bending parts on a brake press, and employee's right index fingertip was amputated between the part and the press. |