| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-19 | La Crosse | Wi | Advanced Fiber Products, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was servicing a puller pack for a product line in a pultrusion area. The puller pack's hydraulic clamping cylinder clamped down on the employee's right hand. The employee suffered a partial amputation to the index finger. The puller pack was energized at the time. | |||||
| 2021-08-23 | La Crosse | Wi | Gillette Pepsi, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was reversing a forklift out of a pick location and struck a plastic barrier around the steel support beams. The employee's right little finger was crushed between the forklift and the barrier, resulting in a partial fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2021-08-04 | La Crosse | Wi | MATHY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was using a hammer to strike a steel wedge. A piece of the hammer broke off and struck the employee's left index finger, causing a laceration that required surgery. | |||||
| 2021-06-24 | La Crosse | Wi | Torrance Casting, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was using a hammer to break sprues off castings when they began to experience symptoms of heat exhaustion and were hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-06-09 | La Crosse | Wi | United Parcel Service, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| On June 9, 2021, an employee suffered dehydration while driving a package car, delivering parcels. | |||||
| 2021-02-24 | La Crosse | Wi | MC CABE ROOFING & SHEET METAL, INC. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Fall through surface or existing opening |
| An employee fell through an unstable fiberglass skylight and suffered a back injury. | |||||
| 2020-10-13 | La Crosse | Wi | La Crosse Graphics, Inc. | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was using a rag to wipe pieces of paper from the press rollers. The rag got pulled into the rollers and pulled the employee's arm into the nip point. Their right arm was degloved from the elbow down. | |||||
| 2020-08-27 | La Crosse | Wi | Kwik Trip Inc | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was changing the drum brakes on a yard truck. As he used a pry bar to help install the upper brake shoe of the right rear drum, his left little finger was caught between the S-Cam roller and the brake shoe. The fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2020-08-05 | La Crosse | Wi | Kwik Trip, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was performing routine maintenance on a running bottle conveyor when the rag she was holding got pulled into the conveyor, injuring her left hand and causing a partial amputation of the left thumb. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-06-03 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | Crown Beverage Manufacturing | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was helping to reinsert a 10,000-lb. die set on a cupper. While pushing the die set in, the employee’s left hand was on the bottom of the die set, with the tips of his fingers in a recessed hole underneath the die set. As the die set slid into place, the employee's fingertips were contacted by the straight edge of the lower base of the cavity, resulting in the amputation of the index, middle, and ring fingertips. | |||||
| 2020-01-08 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | DuraTech Industries, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| An employee suffered breathing problems and a burn to the lungs while extinguishing a fire. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-08-14 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | Trane Company | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was turning a unit and brushing welded flanges. The employee's left foot was caught between the lifting table and the surface of the unit, resulting in an amputation to the big toe and the second toe. | |||||
| 2019-08-01 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | Agropur MSI, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee reached up to pull a bag that had been sucked up by a rotary valve. The rotary valve amputated the tip of his left middle finger. | |||||
| 2019-05-07 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | Kwik Trip | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was being trained on the operation of a 5-step depositor machine that fills muffin baking cups with batter. While the working motion of the machine was being demonstrated the employee contacted the slicing blade resulting in amputation of the pad of a finger. The machine was unguarded at the time. | |||||
| 2019-01-13 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | Kwik Trip, Inc | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was in the process of putting a tray in the oven when she slipped and fell on her left leg resulting in a broken tibia. | |||||
| 2018-08-30 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | CITY BREWING Compnay, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was attempting to adjust the band under a conveyor that moves the rollers when the band amputated his left thumb to the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2018-08-16 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | O'Reilly Automotive Stores, Inc. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface |
| An employee was mowing grass when they tripped over a hole, fell backwards and the mower was pulled over their left foot amputating the big toe. | |||||
| 2018-08-15 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | Gunderson Health Systems | Brain | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was completing patient care tasks and struck her head on the TV in the room, causing a concussion. | |||||
| 2018-08-06 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | DuraTech Industries | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a shear cutter when his finger slipped and was caught under the part that holds the product down prior to shearing, resulting in a partial finger amputation. | |||||
| 2018-07-27 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | Kwik Trip, Inc | Hip(s) | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
| An employee was operating a pallet jack and maneuvering it to park in the battery charging area when the pallet jack struck a pipe. The sudden stop caused the employee to fall from the lift to the concrete floor and fracture a hip. | |||||
| 2018-07-04 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | Great Lakes Cheese of La Crosse, Wisconsin, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was setting up a machine when her left index finger went through two rollers, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2018-03-21 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | Interior Systems International, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| On March 21, 2018, an employee was clearing the side guard on a table saw when his fingers came into contact with the saw blade. Two of his left-hand fingers were amputated at the middle knuckle. | |||||
| 2018-02-19 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | First Supply LLC | Foot (feet) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was operating a reach truck when he believed the brakes were failing and put his foot out to stop the truck. His foot hit racking and was fractured, requiring surgery and hospitalization. | |||||
| 2018-02-07 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | Great Lakes Cheese of La Crosse, Wisconsin, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| The injured employee was adjusting a pallet when another employee placed product onto the pallet that the injured employee was adjusting, pinching the injured employee's right middle finger between the pallet and a spacer resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2017-06-27 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | Michel's Paving | Forearm(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
| An employee was cleaning his agitator truck with a hose when his foot hit a lever that activated a gate. The gate swung and pinched his right forearm, causing abrasions and pressure buildup in his right hand. He was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
| 2017-04-30 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | Kwik Trip, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was on an extension ladder attempting to dislodge ice that had become stuck in an ice bin when he fell to the concrete below, fracturing his right pelvis and right arm and suffering a head contusion and blurred vision. | |||||
| 2017-04-05 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | Torrance Casting, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| The bottom of an employee's right foot was burned when molten iron spilled over the mold and into the employee's boot. | |||||
| 2016-10-12 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | Kwik Trip, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| The employee was traveling on his PIT to put it away and plug it into to a stationary charger stored on the second tier of racking. As he approached the area to park the PIT, he noticed the charging cord hanging down from the racking. He stopped and reached to move the cord and the truck moved forward catching his fingers between the truck and the racks. | |||||
| 2016-09-16 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | Kwik Trip, Inc | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was setting up the bagged milk production line when a clamp activated and caught his fingertip, amputating the finger tissue. | |||||
| 2016-09-06 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | Hartland Fuel Products, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| While transferring methanol from a storage tank into a tote an employee inhaled vapors from the product. | |||||
| 2016-08-16 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | Ames Construction, Inc. | Trunk | Collision between water vehicles |
| An employee was operating a barge with two steel beams stacked on the deck. As he approached another barge, he slightly tapped it. When he tapped the barge, the top steel beam slid and pinned him against a wall, injuring his torso and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-06-28 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | Poellinger, Inc. | Elbow(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was fire-taping above the ceiling when his arm brushed against a pipe, scratching his right elbow. His elbow experienced pain and swelling, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-05-13 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | Tri-State Regional Ambulance | Lumbar region | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
| While an employee and her partner were using a stair chair to move a patient down some stairs, the employee felt a pop in her back and was unable to move further. She was hospitalized with lower back pain. | |||||
| 2016-05-10 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | The Trane Company | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee fell off a portable three-step ladder that became unstable, breaking his right hip and requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2016-01-07 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | Mayo Clinic Health System | Hip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| While participating in a workplace violence hands-on training class, an employee fell to the floor on landed on her bottom and hip. She broke her hip and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-12-10 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | Inland Label and Marketing Services, LLC. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On December 10, 2015, at approximately 12:05 PM, an employee attempted to clear scrap material from the operating envelope of a die cutting machine. The machine, which was still energized at the time, cycled and crushed his hand. He required surgery for multiple hand fractures. | |||||
| 2015-11-10 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | City Brewing Company, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| Two employees were working on a labeler. The first employee was cleaning the fingers of the labeler, while the second was working on a sensor. When the second employee finished his work on the sensor, he closed a door on the machine, causing a rack to move forward and catch the first employee's left-hand middle finger. The first employee suffered an avulsion that required surgical amputation of the fingertip. | |||||
| 2015-10-12 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | City Brewing Company, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee amputated the right ring finger when clearing a jam on the bottling machine. | |||||
| 2015-06-04 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center, Inc. | Brain | Fall on same level |
| An employee received a head injury after he fell to the floor and struck his head while taping straws to cups. | |||||
| 2015-05-19 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | Air Temperature Services | Nonclassifiable | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment |
| Two employees were moving a hijack to the fourth floor when the stairway gave way/broke, causing the employees and the equipment to fall. They were between the third and fourth floors when it snapped. The injured employee landed on the second floor landing or a little bit below. The second employee was not injured. | |||||
| 2015-03-27 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | Agropur Ingredients, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee's left index finger was amputated at the first knuckle after she reached into a chain-and-sprocket drive mechanism. The mechanism was moving at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2015-03-08 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | Kwik Trip, Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was replacing an overhead door recoil cable when the cable tightened and pressed his thumb against the overhead door track. His left thumb was amputated at the tip of the bone. | |||||
| 2015-02-11 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | Chart Energy & Chemicals, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Exposure to harmful substance through skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee was hospitalized with cellulitis after repeatedly handling 30-pound furnace rollers. | |||||
| 2015-01-22 | La Crosse | Wisconsin | C.D. Smith Construction, Inc. | Skull | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| Worker was hit in the head with rebar that fell from an upper elevation on a construction site. The worker was taken to the hospital, where a CT scan indicated a skull fracture. | |||||