Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-29 | Kohler | Wi | KOHLER CO. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was moving packed ware from the end of a conveyor to a pallet using a hoist. As the employee raised the hoist, her left index finger became pinched on the lifting device, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2018-07-22 | Kohler | Wisconsin | Kohler Company | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over self |
On July 22, 2018, an employee tripped and fell to the ground while bringing up mushrooms for a price check. The employee suffered a fracture to the left hip, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-09-16 | Kohler | Wisconsin | Spartech | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On September 16, 2017, an employee was removing material from a die machine when his left hand was drawn into the rollers, crushing his left pinky, ring, and middle fingers and amputating his middle fingertip. | |||||
2016-07-22 | Kohler | Wisconsin | KOHLER CO. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On July 22, 2016, at approximately 4:57 a.m., an employee was attempting to clean a jammed chute when a gate closed and pinched his finger(s) resulting in an amputation to his right index finger just past the first knuckle. | |||||
2015-03-11 | Kohler | Wisconsin | Kohler Co. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was hospitalized and had his right thumb amputated after his hand was injured in the cooling fan of a chiller unit he was troubleshooting. |