Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2019-02-04 | Combined Locks | Wisconsin | Midwest Paper Group LLC. | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped and fell on ice in the parking lot and was hospitalized with a broken ankle. | |||||
2018-09-08 | Combined Locks | Wisconsin | Midwest Paper Group | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was servicing a paper machine when he attempted to align a pin and contacted a limit switch, causing the machine to cycle and crush his hand. | |||||
2018-05-14 | Combined Locks | Wisconsin | Midwest Paper Group | Neck and back | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
An employee was using a forklift to unload a trailer of pulp material when the forklift struck a dock plate as he was backing out of the trailer. The forklift abruptly stopped, which caused the employee to suffer neck and back injuries. | |||||
2017-01-17 | Combined Locks | Wisconsin | APPLETON COATED LLC | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
On January 17, 2017, an employee was placing salt on an icy sidewalk, slipped and fell backwards resulting in a fractured skull and brain hemorrhage. | |||||
2015-05-12 | Combined Locks | Wisconsin | APPLETON COATED LLC | Thigh(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
On May 12, 2015, an employee was injured while changing the guillotine blade on the paper machine. The blade fell on his right leg, mid-thigh, resulting in overnight hospitalization. |