Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-16 | De Forest | Wi | ABS Global Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was moving livestock off a trailer. An animal was on a rope and pulled back, which pulled the employee's left hand into the side of the trailer. The employee suffered an injury to their middle finger that required amputation. | |||||
2020-07-16 | De Forest | Wisconsin | Alliant Energy Corporation | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee received an electric shock while connecting a new construction residential home to an outside pedestal. | |||||
2020-06-08 | De Forest | Wisconsin | Illingworth-Kilgust Mechanical, Inc. | Multiple trunk locations | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee was taking apart a flange to a 2-inch pipe. Alkaline product inside the pipe sprayed onto his forehead, upper chest, and abdomen. He suffered chemical burns in those areas, including third-degree burns to the chest and abdomen. | |||||
2018-03-13 | De Forest | Wisconsin | Monsanto Company | Fingertip(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
An employee was propping a door open to sign for a mail delivery. As the employee was standing against the door, the door moved and pinched the employee's hand. The employee quickly pulled the hand away from the door, which resulted in a partial amputation to the left middle fingertip. | |||||
2018-01-23 | De Forest | Wisconsin | Waltco, Inc. | Hip(s) | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
An employee was moving a refrigerator with a hand dolly. While lifting, the employee's hip joint displaced out of its socket. | |||||
2017-07-27 | De Forest | Wisconsin | Evco Corporation | Upper extremities | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
A temporary employee was operating a mill machine which had two-handed controls. Her glove got caught in the spindle resulting in an amputation. | |||||
2017-05-04 | De Forest | Wisconsin | Deminter Siding LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet |
An employee was on a ladder nailing a piece of siding into place when the employee slipped off the ladder and fell approximately 23 feet to ground below, sustaining broken ribs, collapsed lungs, broken vertebrae, a pelvic fracture, and left arm nerve damage. | |||||
2016-08-01 | De Forest | Wisconsin | Don Evans, Inc. | Wrist(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
On August 1, 2016, at approximately 8:40 p.m., an employee was cutting material with a utility knife. His hand slipped while holding the knife and he cut his wrist, lacerating an artery. | |||||
2016-05-12 | De Forest | Wisconsin | Ball Corporation | Heel(s) | Other fall to lower level |
A maintenance employee was working from a step ladder, trying to clear a clogged water pipe. As he was trying to unplug the pipe, it cracked and water shot out. The water hit the employee, causing him to fall from the ladder to the concrete ground. He landed on his feet and broke both heels. |