DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2021-07-09DarlingtonWiWisconsin Whey Protein Inc.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning equipment when the star valve on the equipment amputated four fingers on the employee's left hand. The equipment was running at the time.
2021-03-26DarlingtonWiMexican Cheese Producers, Inc.Fingertip(s)Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was maneuvering a cheese cart when one of the cheese tubes on the cart came loose and struck his thumb, resulting in a partial amputation of the left thumb tip.
2020-10-19DarlingtonPaDanzer Veneer AmericasLeg(s)Other fall to lower level
An employee was walking down a set of steps on the grading line. A leg from a pallet rack was blocking their path and when the employee tried to step over the obstacle, he missed the next step and fell forward onto the floor. The employee sustained a broken left leg.
2018-08-29DarlingtonWisconsinGrowmark, Inc.BrainExplosion, n.e.c.
An employee was dismantling a lubricant barrel with a torch when it exploded. The explosive force blew out the bottom of the drum, which flew up and struck the employee's face, smashing the welding helmet he was wearing, sending him backwards, and causing him to hit his head on the concrete floor. He suffered facial lacerations, a skull fracture, and bleeding on the brain.
2016-09-28DarlingtonWisconsinWS AG CENTER, INC.Thigh(s)Excavation or trenching cave-in
An employee was digging out a trench when the trench collapsed and broke the employee's femur.
2015-01-16DarlingtonPennsylvaniaDanzer Veneer of AmericaFinger(s), fingernail(s)Nonclassifiable
An employee damaged tendons in two fingers and was admitted to the hospital.