Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-09-30 | Chilton | Wi | Briess Industries Inc | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was installing a new gear in a hand-operated flake mill and trying to line up the gear with a worm screw shaft approximately 18 inches long and weighing 30 pounds. The employee's left thumb was pinched between the shaft and the gear, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2020-10-06 | Chilton | Wi | Worthington Industries | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was performing maintenance on a cylinder assembly machine when their right hand was pinned between the equipment gate and the hold down on the machine resulting in multiple hand fractures. | |||||
2020-06-29 | Chilton | Wisconsin | DuBois Chemicals, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
Two employees were attempting to dislodge two steel carts that had become entangled when a cart shifted on its base, coming into contact with the injured employee's right pinky finger. As a result, the employee's right pinky fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2019-03-22 | Chilton | Wisconsin | Briess Industries Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee contacted the moving auger while cleaning it. The employee sustained three fractured fingers and tendon and nerve damage. The auger was not locked out/tagged out at the time. | |||||
2018-03-01 | Chilton | Wisconsin | Briess Industries, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee was preparing a cleaning solution for a weekly scheduled cleaning when two incompatible solutions were mixed, exposing the employee to chemical vapors. The employee experienced difficulty breathing. | |||||
2018-01-09 | Chilton | Wisconsin | New Hope Center Inc | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee was exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide while loading a trailer with a forklift, suffering carbon monoxide poisoning. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-01-17 | Chilton | Wisconsin | Central Garden & Pet, Inc. | Pelvis | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was outside salting and sanding the property, slipped on ice and fell breaking his pelvis. | |||||
2016-06-20 | Chilton | Wisconsin | Red Cedar Steel Erectors Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was putting together steel with another connector when his right thumb was caught between the vertical column and the horizontal beam. He broke his right thumb and was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-11-29 | Chilton | Wisconsin | Worthington Industries | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance |
On November 29, 2015, an employee was hospitalized when exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide. | |||||
2015-02-04 | Chilton | Wisconsin | Walgreens | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level |
On 2/4/15, an employee was standing on a pallet moving stock and tripped, resulting in a broken hip. |