| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-23 | Kaukauna | Wi | Ahlstrom-Munksjo | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening |
| An employee was wrapping finished rolls of paper when their right leg became caught in a gap between the platform and the wrap machine's roller, resulting in fractures to their lower right leg and ankle. | |||||
| 2021-03-18 | Kaukauna | Wi | Tidy View Dairy LLC | Hand(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| Employees were replacing a 6-inch metal pipe fitting. As they were aligning the pipe, it swung into a concrete wall. An employee's hand was caught between the pipe and the wall. The employee was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
| 2021-02-04 | Kaukauna | Wi | Roskom Meats, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was on top of a meat stuffer pushing ground meat through the funnel into plastic tubing when the machine was turned on causing the plastic turbine to contact the employee's right hand and amputated two fingertips. | |||||
| 2020-09-10 | Kaukauna | Wi | Omni Glass & Paint, LLC | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee climbed up a stepladder to paint when the stepladder moved/shifted and the employee fell 4 to 6 feet onto a steel surface. The employee was hospitalized with a broken shoulder, broken pelvis, and bruised spleen. | |||||
| 2020-06-30 | Kaukauna | Wisconsin | Team Industries, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was using a paint brush to touch the side of a spool that another employee was loading onto a trailer using an overhead crane when the spool (12 feet long with a 12-inch diameter) caught another spool on the trailer. This caused the other spool, to fall off the trailer and strike the employee's left foot, fracturing it. | |||||
| 2020-06-13 | Kaukauna | Wisconsin | Valley Management | Lower leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| On June 13, 2020, an employee was conducting touch-up paint work on traffic arrows on the asphalt parking lot. The employee had set up cones around the work area. The employee was struck by a customer's vehicle resulting in crushing injuries to the lower left leg. | |||||
| 2020-05-04 | Kaukauna | Wisconsin | Rick Steffens Electric LLC | Multiple head locations | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| While installing under-cabinet lighting, an employee fell off a 4-foot step ladder and landed on the floor, resulting in a loss of consciousness, two broken front teeth, and a broken nose. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-02-19 | Kaukauna | Wisconsin | Ahlstrom-Munksjo | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was using his right hand to remove jammed paper from a paper machine when his right arm and hand were caught between two rope sheaves, causing severe lacerations, a severed main artery in the forearm, and a fractured hand bone. The machine was unguarded at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2019-09-16 | Kaukauna | Wisconsin | Ahlstrom-Munksjo | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee working as a coating press operator noticed that the starch silo had jammed and was attempting to clear the jam. When the jammed starch cleared, the auger actuated and contacted the employee's hand. The employee sustained a partial amputation to the right index finger, just below the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2019-08-22 | Kaukauna | Wisconsin | Team Industries, Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was hydrostatically testing a pipe when the hydro plug was ejected, striking and breaking her leg. She was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-06-19 | Kaukauna | Wisconsin | Langbein Engelbracht America | Multiple leg locations | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| On June 19, 2019, two employees were moving an electrical cabinet with a forklift to place in a new control room when the cabinet fell from the forklift and pinned the injured employee's left leg. The employee suffered a fractured tibia, fibula, and femur. | |||||
| 2019-05-30 | Kaukauna | Wisconsin | Round House Manor | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
| An employee was lifting bags of salt for a water softener when he suffered a back injury. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-07-10 | Kaukauna | Wisconsin | Team Industries, Inc. | Head | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
| An employee was operating a powered industrial vehicle (tug) when it took an abrupt turn. The employee lost balance and was thrown from the vehicle to the concrete surface, suffering a head laceration that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2018-06-25 | Kaukauna | Wisconsin | Expera Specialty Solutions | Hand(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| At about 5:45 p.m. on June 25, 2018, an employee's hand was caught in the nip point of two press rollers and injured. The employee was using a tool to remove paper from the rollers and his hand was pulled in while the rollers were coasting to a stop. He suffered fractures and degloving. | |||||
| 2018-02-13 | Kaukauna | Wisconsin | Precision Paper Converters, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On February 13, 2018, an employee was clearing a jam on a facial tissue converting machine and suffered a partial amputation of the left index fingertip. The machine was guarded at the time. | |||||
| 2017-02-10 | Kaukauna | Wisconsin | Winona Foods, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning a channel on an anti-caking machine when his glove was caught in a rotating part, amputating his right index fingertip. | |||||
| 2016-08-23 | Kaukauna | Wisconsin | Team Industries, Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| On August 23, 2016, an employee was welding a custom pipe when a gear or piece of the turn table failed and a pipe fell, crushing the employee's leg and lacerating a muscle. | |||||
| 2016-01-07 | Kaukauna | Wisconsin | ARLA Foods | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee had to walk around the end of a conveyor at the front of the line to retrieve a hose for cleaning. While walking by the conveyor, his hand was pulled under the fabricated guide. He suffered a fracture. | |||||
| 2015-12-30 | Kaukauna | Wisconsin | Plutchak Fab LLC. | Brain | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| Employees were installing a smoke filtration system. The pieces were stored outside and became covered with snow. Employees used a forklift to bring the pieces inside the building. They tipped the forks on the truck downward to clear the snow off of the pieces to bring in. The pipe extension came loose and fell onto an employee's head causing a subdural bleed in the brain. | |||||
| 2015-10-08 | Kaukauna | Wisconsin | Team Industries | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| While straightening a piece of metal using the piranha press, an employee amputated part of a finger. | |||||
| 2015-09-17 | Kaukauna | Wisconsin | Expera Specialty Solutions | Eye(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was working on the #2 water softener. The sight glass blew, spraying the employee with hot water and causing an eye injury. | |||||
| 2015-02-02 | Kaukauna | Wisconsin | Team Industries | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| Employee was hospitalized after he fell 10 to 11 feet from the top of an 11-foot ladder. | |||||