| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-22 | Fond Du Lac | Wi | The Combination Door Co. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On October 22, 2021, at approximately 2:45 PM, an employee was operating a custom pneumatic press that presses an approximate 1-inch by 2-inch metal plate into the stile of a combination door. When the press was activated, their left middle finger was pinched in the press resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2021-08-02 | Fond Du Lac | Wi | THE BILMAR GROUP, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was using a powered miter saw to cut down a 10-foot trim piece. The employee's left hand and left index finger came into contact with the saw's rotating blade, which amputated the index fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-03-01 | Fond Du Lac | Wi | Mercury Marine Plant 17 | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was working from a step ladder, trying to place a piece of scrap into a basket on a rack system. There was not sufficient clearance to put the pipe in, so the employee pulled the basket out. The basket fell against the ladder and tipped it; the employee fell about 6 feet to the floor below, and the basket landed on his foot. He suffered a broken foot, leg, and hip. | |||||
| 2020-07-07 | Fond Du Lac | Wisconsin | Wabash National Corporation | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| At the end of a 30-minute lunch break, an employee stood up from a chair, lost consciousness (due to heat exhaustion and dehydration), and fell to the floor. | |||||
| 2020-06-08 | Fond Du Lac | Wisconsin | St. Agnes Hospital | Brain | Fall on same level due to tripping |
| An employee fell in a parking lot. His head struck the pavement and he suffered a brain bleed. | |||||
| 2020-01-10 | Fond Du Lac | Wisconsin | Sagacious Solutions Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall through surface or existing opening |
| An employee fell through an attic ceiling, suffering broken ribs. | |||||
| 2019-06-20 | Fond Du Lac | Wisconsin | Chicago Tube and Iron Company | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| On June 20, 2019, at 6:11 p.m., an employee was attempting to remove a gaylord box on a pallet from a flatbed trailer when the corner of the box tore, knocking the employee off balance. The employee fell about 5 feet to the concrete floor and broke three ribs. | |||||
| 2019-05-30 | Fond Du Lac | Wisconsin | BCI Burke Company, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was grinding a steel part on a stand-up grinder. While he was putting the part into the grinder and turning it, the wheel grabbed the part and then his gloved hand. His right thumb was ground down to the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2019-04-25 | Fond Du Lac | Wisconsin | RB Royal Industries Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was attempting to remove a part from a CNC machine when it actuated and amputated his right middle finger near the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2019-04-19 | Fond Du Lac | Wisconsin | Tanis Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| On April 19, 2019, an employee was weighing the filament density on a twisting machine. The machine was equipped with a semi-portable control panel with a toggle button. While the employee was operating the toggle control, his right hand was inside the machine. The carriage moved and pinched his right index finger, resulting in an amputation to the finger. | |||||
| 2019-02-26 | Fond Du Lac | Wisconsin | Quality Packaging Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| A temporary employee was cleaning up scrap paper off the floor. He placed his hand on the conveyor to stabilize himself and his right pinky finger was caught in a crankshaft resulting in amputation. | |||||
| 2018-09-26 | Fond Du Lac | Wisconsin | Geodis | Thigh(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was inside a trailer, hand-stacking cases of tuna onto a pallet. A stack of cases fell, pinning the employee between the cases and the pallet. The employee suffered a broken left femur. | |||||
| 2018-06-27 | Fond Du Lac | Wisconsin | The Combination Door Co. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| On June 27, 2018, at 1:30 p.m., an employee was adjusting an off-balance rotating rack so it could accommodate a different sized wire when the rack spun quickly and pinched his right index finger, severing the fingertip. | |||||
| 2018-06-12 | Fond Du Lac | Wisconsin | Sadoff Iron & Metal Co Inc | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was operating an overhead crane inching a hoisted cylinder into place on a material handler with their left hand placed on the cylinder. When the hoisted cylinder slid into place on the material handler, the tip of the employee's left middle finger was pinched between the cylinder and the material handler's stabilizer bracket and amputated. | |||||
| 2018-03-24 | Fond Du Lac | Wisconsin | Mercury Marine | Head, neck, and trunk | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was pushing an electrical pallet jack loaded with parts baskets. While going through a doorway, the parts baskets caught the door frame and fell back onto the employee, who suffered fractures to the skull, cervical vertebrae, and ribs, as well as an ankle injury. | |||||
| 2017-05-02 | Fond Du Lac | Wisconsin | Badgerland Supply | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was handling a manual propelled cart loaded with drywall when the cart turned out and the bundle of drywall struck the employee in the throat, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-04-14 | Fond Du Lac | Wisconsin | MERCURY MARINE | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was helping a die cast operator eject a jammed part when the part released under pressure and struck the employee's hand, crushing the thumb. | |||||
| 2017-01-31 | Fond Du Lac | Wisconsin | Metal-Link Corp. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a metal sheet roller when a glove got caught in a roller amputating the left index fingertip. | |||||
| 2016-04-12 | Fond Du Lac | Wisconsin | Fives Giddings & Lewis | Foot (feet) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was pushing a cart with a spindle on top of it when the cart wheel hit a bump and the cart tipped over. The spindle fell on the employee's foot, flattening the employee's steel toe and breaking a foot bone. The employee required surgery and overnight hospitalization. | |||||
| 2015-09-15 | Fond Du Lac | Wisconsin | Hayward Baker | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee got his fingers pinched between cable and a drum on an excavator resulting in the amputation of the right pinky and index fingers to the first knuckle. | |||||