Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-08 | Brookfield | Il | The Chicago Zoological Society dba Brookfield Zoo | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was lubricating belt drive pulley components in an air handling unit. A belt and pulley caught the employee's left ring finger, causing the amputation of the fingertip. | |||||
2021-03-15 | Brookfield | Mo | Walmart Supercenter | Elbow(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee tripped and fell while working behind a jewelry counter, suffering a broken elbow. | |||||
2020-05-20 | Brookfield | Wisconsin | Guhring, Inc | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee's left thumb tip was caught and amputated in the door of a CNC machine. | |||||
2020-01-30 | Brookfield | Wisconsin | United Mailing Services, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
An employee was closing a door and caught their left middle finger in the door resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2019-03-25 | Brookfield | Wisconsin | Oconomowoc Residential Programs, Inc. | Brain | Injured by physical contact with person while restraining, subduing-unintentional |
An employee was attempting to restrain an aggressive student when he fell backwards and struck his head on the floor. The employee was hospitalized for a concussion. | |||||
2019-02-19 | Brookfield | Missouri | Fed Ex Ground | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was unloading a trailer when he slipped on the wheel well inside the trailer. He fell to the trailer floor and broke his right leg. | |||||
2018-08-22 | Brookfield | Ohio | Winner Rentals LLC | Hand(s) | Explosion, n.e.c. |
An employee was working on a rooftop air conditioning unit and changing a fuse when the fuse exploded, burning the employee's right hand. | |||||
2018-02-01 | Brookfield | Ohio | LEGACY MEASUREMENT SOLUTIONS, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was honing a pipe, saw oil spilling out of the machine and used a finger to stop the oil resulting in amputation of the left middle fingertip. | |||||
2017-03-30 | Brookfield | Wisconsin | Grunau Company, Inc. | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was removing stickers from duct work when they fell off an 8-foot ladder and suffered a concussion and bruises to the shoulder and back. | |||||
2016-09-09 | Brookfield | Illinois | Ashmael Gonzales | Brain | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was working from the ground prepping for setup at a home site when the homeowner attempted to pull a tarp, which was held down by bricks, off the roof. The bricks fell from the roof and struck the employee in the head, causing a concussion that required hospitalization. | |||||
2016-04-07 | Brookfield | Wisconsin | Tri- North Builders, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 16 to 20 feet |
An employee was repositioning a platform on a construction site when it collapsed to the level below. The employee fell 18 feet and was hospitalized with a broken hip. | |||||
2015-12-01 | Brookfield | Wisconsin | QPS Employment Group, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee's right index finger was amputated while operating a press machine. | |||||
2015-09-02 | Brookfield | Wisconsin | Praxair Distribution, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was operating a forklift to gather merchandise. His right index finger got caught and amputated between the side of the forklift and the horizontal bracket. | |||||
2015-08-17 | Brookfield | Wisconsin | Fabri-Tech, Inc. | Multiple trunk locations | Overexertion and bodily reaction |
An employee was hospitalized with a lower back strain/groin strain after welding small parts. | |||||
2015-07-28 | West Brookfield | Massachusett | VCA Animal Hospitals, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Other animal bites, nonvenomous |
On or about July 28, 2015, an employee was bitten by a cat during a restraint and received an infection. She was hospitalized. |