| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-05-22 | Ladysmith | Wisconsin | Ladysmith Nursing Home, Inc. | Lumbar region | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| On May 22, 2020, an employee was walking across a wet mopped floor when the employee slipped and fell to the floor, suffering a compression fracture to the lower back. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-05-13 | Ladysmith | Wisconsin | Dunn Paper - Ladysmith, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On May 13, 2020, an employee was operating a metal lathe. The employee inserted a metal pry bar into the chuck of the lathe to spin the tool while cleaning its end with an emery pad. The spinning tool caught and partially amputated the employee's left thumb. | |||||
| 2019-06-06 | Ladysmith | Wisconsin | A&M Fiberglass Manufacturing, LLC. | Skull | Struck by object or equipment |
| On June 6, 2019, an employee was separating a fiberglass part from a mold using compressed air. The part released from the mold and struck the employee's forehead. The employee was hospitalized for a skull fracture. | |||||
| 2019-05-29 | Ladysmith | Wisconsin | Northern States Power Company | Fingertip(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| On May 29, 2019, at 1:30 p.m., an electrical maintenance technician was using a wrench to tighten a bolt on a roof exhaust fan assembly. As the employee was tightening the bolt, it broke causing their right hand to strike against the fan assembly resulting in amputation of the ring and index fingertips. The fan's energy source was isolated and locked out at the time. | |||||
| 2016-09-09 | Ladysmith | Wisconsin | Gordy's Market | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| An employee was found passed out after cleaning with 409. The employee was hospitalized for an allergic reaction/respiratory irritation and breathing problems due to the chemical cleaner. | |||||
| 2015-11-23 | Ladysmith | Wisconsin | Clearwater Paper Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| On 11/23/15, at about 2:30 a.m., an employee was operating a forklift to empty a hopper of garbage into a dumpster. He placed his hand on top of the fork while pushing up on the hopper tilt release lever. When the hopper tilted forward, the employee's finger was pinched between the top of the fork and the bottom of the dumpster. His left index fingertip was surgically amputated. | |||||