Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-05-20 | Horicon | Wisconsin | C.D. Smith Construction, Inc. | Brain | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was going to infill an opening on an existing wall built in 1995. As he prepared to begin, a masonry block fell and landed on his head. He suffered head trauma. He was wearing a hard hat at the time. | |||||
2020-02-10 | Horicon | Wisconsin | JOHN DEERE HORICON WORKS | Multiple body parts | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was adjusting a sensor inside of a de-stacker machine. The machine was then activated and the injured employee was struck by the suction cup carriage as it came down resulting in fractured ribs and a fractured shoulder that required hospitalization. The machine was not locked out at the time. | |||||
2020-01-23 | Horicon | Wisconsin | Deere & Company | Foot (feet) and ankle(s) | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
An employee was driving a stand-up reach forklift with a load elevated in the air. The load caught a ceiling-mounted heater, causing the forklift to tip backwards. The employee's left foot was caught between the forklift and the ground, causing several fractures to the foot and ankle. | |||||
2019-05-22 | Horicon | Wisconsin | United Cooperative | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
An employee was cleaning off a roof when the employee fell 19 feet off of the roof to the ground below, suffering a fractured foot and vertebrae fractures. | |||||
2018-04-30 | Horicon | Wisconsin | Advanced Disposal Services Solid Waste Midwest, LLC | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was unloading material from a platform ladder when the arm of a hydraulic tarping mechanism contacted the ladder, causing the employee to fall to the ground below. The employee sustained a head injury. | |||||
2017-06-12 | Horicon | Wisconsin | Konecranes, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was preparing to remove a hook/bottom block from an under-the-hook lifting device when the crane hook latch partially amputated the employee's right thumb. | |||||
2016-02-25 | Horicon | Wisconsin | Contrx industries Inc. | Multiple body parts | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
An employee was moving a crane at a customer's site to inspect it. Steel coil weighing approximately 40,000 pounds was still in the lifting device attached to the overhead crane. The employee attempted to remove the coil and it moved towards him, pinning him at the right shoulder. He broke his collarbone, arm, and right ribs, and also potentially suffered internal bleeding. | |||||
2015-12-28 | Horicon | Wisconsin | Metals USA | Leg(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was working from a semi-trailer repositioning a load of steel using an overhead crane. The employee lost his balance and accidently pushed the crane's handheld controls which in turn shifted the load of steel and pinched the injured employee's leg between the steel load and the trailer wall. His right leg was broken. |