| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-25 | Rhinelander | Wi | AirPro Fan & Blower Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was balancing a fan wheel. As he tried to slow or stop the wheel, his right hand was pulled into a belt running on a shaft. His index fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2021-07-03 | Rhinelander | Wi | Lake Shore Systems, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a CNC bandsaw with an automatic material loading shuttle and clamping mechanism. The wood that the machine was shuttling into the clamping area was tipping, and the employee reached over to stabilize it for the clamp. The clamp closed on the employee's right index finger and amputated the fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-04-02 | Rhinelander | Wi | Ahlstrom-Munksjo | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was at his locker, gathering his equipment when he began feeling ill. The employee went into the cooling room to sit for approximately 20 minutes. The employee left the cooling room to report to his supervisor that he was feeling unwell. While his supervisor was talking to him, the employee collapsed in the supervisor's office and was unresponsive. The employee was hospitalized for heat stress. | |||||
| 2020-08-02 | Lander | Wy | US Census Bureau Area Census Office Casper Wy # 3198 | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| A Census Bureau employee was delivering census packets. He lost consciousness while approaching a home, fell, and struck his face on the ground. He was hospitalized, suffering from heat exhaustion and facial abrasions. | |||||
| 2020-01-02 | Rhinelander | Wisconsin | Ahlstrom Munksjo Rhinelander LLC | Lower leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was using his hands to push and slide a paper roll onto the forks of a forklift when the operator inadvertently hit a button in the cab and the forks started to raise, causing the roll to move towards the employee. The employee began to run/jump out of the way when the roll struck the employee and pinched his leg against a second roll that was sitting on the floor behind him. He suffered a left fibula fracture. | |||||
| 2017-10-09 | Flanders | New Jersey | Toys R Us | Hand(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was operating an electric pallet jack when his hand was smashed between the pallet jack and a metal broom hook that was mounted on an adjacent steel column. He suffered severe hand lacerations and broken bones below his knuckles. | |||||
| 2017-08-22 | Flanders | New Jersey | TOYS R US, INC. | Foot (feet) | Struck by object or equipment |
| An employee was hospitalized after a push cart hit her foot. | |||||
| 2016-09-02 | Flanders | New Jersey | Eastern Contractors Services LLC | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee felt dizzy and fell approximately 10 feet from a ladder fracturing a leg. | |||||
| 2016-06-04 | Flanders | New Jersey | Seaton Hackney Stables | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Trampled by or stepped on by animal |
| While transporting a horse by rope, an employee lost control of the horse. The horse trampled and stepped on the employee several times, causing a back injury and abrasions. | |||||
| 2016-05-04 | Rhinelander | Wisconsin | TERRA ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION CORP. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee suffered a left index fingertip amputation while clearing a clogged grout pump. | |||||
| 2015-12-11 | Flanders | New Jersey | TOYS R US | Foot (feet) and ankle(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee operating a powered pallet jack injured his left foot/ankle when he struck a parked powered pallet jack. | |||||
| 2015-12-03 | Rhinelander | Wisconsin | Ministry Health Care | BODY SYSTEMS | Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources |
| Employee experienced a heart attack while shoveling snow. | |||||
| 2015-11-24 | Rhinelander | Wisconsin | USPS | Eye(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee tripped and fell over a floor mat that was rolled up on the floor near the locker room entrance. The employee struck the wall and fractured their right-eye orbital bone. | |||||
| 2015-04-14 | Rhinelander | Wisconsin | Menard, Inc. | Foot (feet) and ankle(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was moving a PIV when their foot got caught between the PIV and a bollard. The employee injured the foot and ankle. | |||||