DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2021-09-26ManitowocWiKwik Trip IncHip(s)Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was working from a step stool to turn shelved products' labels to face forward and check the products' expiration date(s). As the employee stepped down from the stool, the employee's left leg caught the rubber covering the step. The employee's left hip struck the concrete floor in the resulting fall and was broken. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-09-21ManitowocWiMichels CorporationFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was helping to drive pilings when their finger became pinched between a pile and the pile lead resulting in a partial amputation.
2021-06-18ManitowocWiKerry IngredientsKnee(s)Fall on same level due to slipping
On June 18, 2021, an employee was carrying sample bottles from the fume hood to the work station when they slipped on water on the floor and fell, resulting in a dislocated left knee and shattered left knee cap that required hospitalization.
2021-06-16ManitowocWiFederal-Mogul Piston Rings, LLCFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was setting up a machine when it moved and pinched the employee's left index finger, causing a partial amputation.
2021-05-22ManitowocWiKerry Inc.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Two employees were working to clear a jammed screw conveyor and replace a drive belt. The injured employee's left index finger was crushed in a nip point between the belt and pulley. Approximately one-third of the employee's finger was medically amputated.
2021-05-07ManitowocWiSkana Aluminum CoFinger(s), fingernail(s)Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was helping a maintenance worker install the upper portion of a coil car back into place using a hoist. This part weighs about 1,000 pounds. While seating the upper section onto the mounting bolts, the employees were working to loosen a bolt. The injured employee’s right hand was on an impact wrench and his other hand was on the nut. As it was loosening, the upper portion of the coil unit came loose and caught the injured employee’s hand against the lower portion of the coil block. T
2021-03-25ManitowocWiManitowoc Tool & Machining, LLCFingertip(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was clamping an aluminum part into the chuck of a vertical turning lathe when the foot pedal was engaged causing the hydraulic clamp to close on the employee's left ring finger, amputating the fingertip.
2021-03-05ManitowocWiCher-Make Sausage CompanyNonclassifiableOther fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
On March 5, 2021, an employee was engaged in the task of adding backstops to the highest shelf of a storage racking system in the pre-blend department. The employee used an extension ladder to access the highest shelf. The employee attempted to step from the ladder onto the shelf when the bottom of the ladder slid out due to a slippery floor. The employee fell approximately 20 feet to the concrete floor and suffered fractured vertebrae. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-02-20ManitowocWiPanda Express #2111NonclassifiableContact with hot objects or substances
An employee was standing near a cook when the cook dropped a spoon into hot oil and the oil splashed onto the employee, resulting in a burn.
2021-01-11ManitowocWiBackus Electric & AutomationForearm(s)Direct exposure to electricity
An employee was on a ladder, turning on a switch in a 480-volt electrical bus panel. An arc flash from the panel burned the employee's forearms.
2020-05-22ManitowocWisconsinWisconsin Aluminum Foundry Co., Inc.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was helping operate a hydraulic mold press. The press engaged, crushing the employee's left index fingertip. The employee suffered an amputation to the finger.
2020-01-09ManitowocWisconsinMyPath CompaniesBODY SYSTEMSInhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee was disposing of psyllium dietary fiber by mixing it with cat litter. The employee began to have difficulty breathing after inhaling the psyllium dust.
2020-01-06ManitowocWisconsinBroadwind Towers, Inc.Fingertip(s)Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was adjusting the orientation of a 300-pound cast metal part while it was on the floor in a sling. The part shifted and pinched the employee's left middle and ring fingers against the sling, causing the amputation of the middle fingertip and an avulsion on the ring finger.
2019-09-23ManitowocWisconsinKDC One Northern LabsFinger(s), fingernail(s)Contact with objects and equipment
On September 23, 2019, a blow mold assembler suffered a crushing injury to her left middle finger in the nail area, resulting in a partial finger amputation.
2019-09-09ManitowocWisconsinECK INDUSTRIES INC.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was removing an aluminum casting from a basket after the heat treating process. The employee's left hand was caught between the lifting hook and the parts hook resulting in a partial amputation of the left pointer finger.
2019-07-22ManitowocWisconsinEck IndustriesLeg(s)Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was pouring molten aluminum from a hand ladle when the aluminum spilled and burned his leg.
2019-07-14ManitowocWisconsinCher-Make Sausage CompanyKnee(s)Fall on same level due to slipping
While checking product temperatures in a smokehouse, an employee got something slippery on his boots and then slipped on the floor outside of the smokehouse. The employee's left kneecap made contact with the floor and was displaced.
2019-05-01ManitowocWisconsinKaysun CorporationFingertip(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was removing a bearing from a bearing loader. The bearing loader cylinder cycled when the extra bearing was removed resulting in a left middle fingertip amputation.
2019-04-09ManitowocWisconsinKDC One Northern Labs Finger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was adjusting a capper. The drive chain and sprocket caught and injured the employee's right hand, causing the amputation of three fingers.
2018-09-14ManitowocWisconsinStecker Machine Co, Inc.Fingertip(s)Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was cleaning debris out of a machine's door jamb when the door closed on his left middle finger. The tip was amputated.
2018-08-31ManitowocWisconsinBriess Industries, Inc.BODY SYSTEMSExposure to environmental heat
An employee became ill while shoving grain inside a kiln, requiring hospitalization for dehydration.
2018-04-20ManitowocWisconsinBCM Construction, LLCShoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Employees were setting trusses on a multi-family apartment building. A truss was leaning against another truss when it tipped over, swung down, and struck an employee in the shoulder. The employee suffered a shoulder fracture, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
2018-01-25ManitowocWisconsinAlmost FamilyBrainFall, slip, trip
An employee slipped and fell resulting in a head injury.
2017-09-26ManitowocWisconsinECK INDUSTRIES INCBODY SYSTEMSInhalation of harmful substance-single episode
On September 26, 2017, an employee was attaching a nitrogen gas regulator to a chlorine gas bottle when the chlorine gas started venting out. He suffered symptoms of hypoxia and respiratory distress.
2017-08-23ManitowocWisconsinHoliday House of Manitowoc County, Inc.Lower leg(s)Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
On 8/23/2017, an employee tripped over a small rise in the entrance doorway while walking into the facility, suffering several fractures to the tibia and knee damage. The employee had surgery.
2017-06-22ManitowocWisconsinTramontina US Cookware, Inc.Fingertip(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee's right index fingertip was pinched and amputated between moving conveyor gears as the employee was applying grease to them.
2016-10-13ManitowocWisconsinManitowoc Tool & Machining, LLCFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was adjusting a fixture in a hydraulic press and amputated the right index finger behind the nail bed.
2016-10-12ManitowocWisconsinMANITOWOC TOOL & MACHINING, LLCFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee's left ring finger was amputated at the first knuckle on October 12, 2016. While the employee was loading a part on a CNC machine, his hand was caught between the casting and the clamp. The employee was not wearing gloves at the time.
2016-08-05ManitowocWisconsinLAKESIDE FOODS INCMultiple face locationsOther fall to lower level
An employee fell down a stairwell, suffering facial fractures, broken and loosened teeth, shoulder pain, back pain, and buttock pain. She was hospitalized.
2016-03-31ManitowocWisconsinMANITOWOC CRANES INCLower leg(s)Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was disassembling a crane boom and slipped off the boom falling three feet ten inches and fracturing the lower left leg.
2015-11-30ManitowocWisconsinAlpha Baking Company Inc.BrainOther fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was soldering a water pipe while standing on a 6 foot self supporting ladder. The employee fell from the ladder and was hospitalized for bleeding in the brain.
2015-09-21ManitowocWisconsinParker Hannifin, Ltd.Fingertip(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was adjusting the wire in a bobbin winder with the guard open. The tip of his left index finger was amputated when the wire tightened.
2015-09-16ManitowocWisconsinLakeside Foods, Inc.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee operating a forklift caught their right ring finger between lift truck cage support and a stack of pallets causing an amputation.
2015-06-15ManitowocWisconsinSkana Aluminum Co.Fingertip(s)Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On or about 6/15/15, an employee's hand got pinched between the forklift roll cage and a spider coil, resulting in a pinky fingertip amputation and severe injury to the ring finger of the right hand.
2015-03-04ManitowocWisconsinChicago Plastic Systems, Inc.NonclassifiableOther fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee fell 6.5 feet from a piece of equipment while installing an exhaust hood.