| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-06-29 | Cudahy | Wisconsin | Emerson Electric Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was building a box to hold an order for shipping. The employee stapled the first half of the box and spun the box around to staple the other half, but the flap of the box got caught on the platform of the stapler. The employee was freeing the flap when the stapler activated and amputated his left middle fingertip. | |||||
| 2020-03-10 | Cudahy | Wisconsin | Qvest Sanitation LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning the deli slicing room conveyor belt (the belt after the slicer) when the belt caught his glove and pulled his hand into the roller of the drive shaft. His left middle finger was amputated. | |||||
| 2018-09-11 | Cudahy | Wisconsin | ATI Ladish LLC. | Knee(s) | Trip over self without fall |
| An employee twisted a knee while walking. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery for a possible torn ACL/MCL. | |||||
| 2018-09-05 | Cudahy | Wisconsin | Millwood, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was attempting to remove a jammed pallet from a conveyor. The employee's left glove was caught by a moving mechanical part and pulled into an ingoing nip point created by a chain and another mechanical part. The ring finger was amputated below the first joint. | |||||
| 2018-06-13 | Cudahy | Wisconsin | Smithfield Foods | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee was cleaning a stainless steel vat and their right thumb was caught and amputated between the frame of the vat cleaner and the bracing bar. | |||||
| 2018-01-23 | Cudahy | Wisconsin | National Packaging Services | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was loading a roll of paper into a machine and the employee's finger was crushed between the mast of a mobile hand truck and a plastic chuck on the machine resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2018-01-09 | Cudahy | Wisconsin | Milwaukee Composites, Inc. | Hand(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| A maintenance employee was repairing a lift cylinder on a load transfer table where resin had built up when the cylinder dropped on the employee's left hand. | |||||
| 2017-07-07 | Cudahy | Wisconsin | ATI Ladish LLC. | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity |
| An employee was installing a lock out latch on a knife blade circuit. The employee contacted the energized top contacts in the electrical box that resulted in an arc flash. The power source was not locked out at the time. The employee sustained second and third degree burns on the front of his upper body, face and hands. | |||||
| 2015-12-01 | Cudahy | Wisconsin | Aramark Uniform & Career Apparel, LLC | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was standing on the dock plate, helping to unload a truck, when the truck pulled away. He fell from the load dock to the concrete ground, injuring his head and shoulder. | |||||
| 2015-08-21 | Cudahy | Wisconsin | NPS CORP IC-DISC, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was attempting to remove a paper jam in a folding machine when the machine indexed and amputated the employee's right index fingertip. | |||||
| 2015-02-16 | Cudahy | Wisconsin | Milwaukee Composites, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| Employee cut the second finger on his right hand while operating a panel saw and pushing through some balsam wood components. | |||||