| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-06 | Marinette | Wi | Johnson Controls | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was rolling a screen for a dry chemical manufacturing grinder down a flight of stairs. The rolling screen went out of control and he fell, coming to rest 18 steps below and suffering a broken left femur. | |||||
| 2021-07-17 | Marinette | Wi | Waupaca Foundry, Inc. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was removing slag from the walls of a receiver with a chipping hammer. The employee was caught between a hot metal carrier ladle and chisel bits and suffered a crushing injury to the torso that resulted in a lacerated liver. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-06-09 | Marinette | Wi | Miron Construction Co., Inc. | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Fall through surface or existing opening |
| On June 9, 2021, an employee fell through a hole in floor grating. The employee's arms broke the fall, causing a dislocation to the right shoulder. | |||||
| 2021-05-04 | Marinette | Wi | Waupaca Foundry, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning out a broaching machine at the end of a shift. The machine actuated, causing amputations to the employee's index finger (to the first knuckle) and ring finger (just above the second knuckle). | |||||
| 2020-08-03 | Marinette | Wi | Waupaca Foundry, Inc. | Leg(s) | Fall, slip, trip |
| On August 1, 2020, a foundry employee was cleaning a sand muller prior to changing out the liners. The employee stepped on the wheel when in the muller, slipped, and fell causing the wheel to turn. His leg was caught in the 1 1/2-inch gap between the wheel and the wall of the muller. He was hospitalized, suffering from a muscle injury. | |||||
| 2020-03-28 | Marinette | Wisconsin | Fincantieri Marine Group, LLC | Multiple trunk locations | Fall on water vehicle |
| An employee was walking down a ship's ladder carrying an 8-foot-long scaffold pole. Her foot slipped on the wet steps of the ship's ladder and she fell 6-7 feet, striking several metal surfaces. The employee suffered a scalp laceration, four broken ribs, and fractures to three vertebrae in her lower back. | |||||
| 2020-02-14 | Marinette | Wisconsin | Kimberly Clark Corporation | Skull | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was inspecting the inside of a dryer. An object moved inside the dryer, crushing the employee's skull against the side of the dryer. The employee suffered multiple skull fractures. | |||||
| 2019-05-02 | Marinette | Wisconsin | WGS Global Services LC | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was grinding a cast iron part when his hand slipped and contacted the grinding wheel. The employee's left ring fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2019-02-27 | Marinette | Wisconsin | KS Kolbenschmidt US Inc | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| On February 27, 2019, an employee was conversing with another associate, turned, tripped, and fell on a nearby air hose resulting in a contusion to the left side of the rib cage and hospitalization. | |||||
| 2018-05-24 | Marinette | Wisconsin | Waupaca Foundry, Inc., Plant 4 | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against object or equipment while moving it |
| An employee was removing a piece of plywood from a container when a sliver penetrated their glove, injuring a finger. The finger swelled up, and the employee was hospitalized to treat the infection. | |||||
| 2018-04-11 | Marinette | Wisconsin | Waupaca Foundry Inc | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee placed a casting on a fixture in preparation to start grinding. The employee's glove was caught on the casting flash as the part was being rotated, pulling the employee's fingers into the grinder wheel. The employee suffered fingertip amputations and lacerations. | |||||
| 2017-07-20 | Marinette | Wisconsin | Waupaca Foundry, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a sanding disc to de-burr a piece of steel when the sanding disc partially amputated the employee's left thumb tip. | |||||
| 2017-03-10 | Marinette | Wisconsin | Advanced Marine Preservation | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| The employee was refilling the abrasive media in the blast pot. After filling the blast pot, the injured employee was brushing the loose blast media on top of the blast pot into the material opening when the employee's left hand was pinched by the blast pot actuator injecting abrasive blast media and possibly air into the employee's hand and fingers. | |||||
| 2016-08-02 | Marinette | Wisconsin | K S Kolbenschmidt | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| On August 2, 2016, an employee was manually molding with a 20-pound ladle of aluminum when he began to experience muscle spasms. He was hospitalized with heat exhaustion. | |||||
| 2016-03-13 | Marinette | Wisconsin | Waupaca Foundry, Inc. | Lumbar region | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| On March 13, 2016, an employee was putting a belt (48" wide by 17' long) on the screener. The employee was on a ladder three rungs up. When he attempted to pull on the belt, the ladder went out from underneath him and he fell to the floor. He suffered a compression fracture to his lumbar vertebra. | |||||
| 2015-12-29 | Marinette | Wisconsin | KS Kolbenschmidt US Inc | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was walking from the building to the employee parking lot, slipped on ice, and fell breaking an ankle. | |||||
| 2015-12-15 | Marinette | Wisconsin | Waupaca Foundry, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee crushed a finger between two scrap iron parts on a tray resulting in amputation at the hospital. | |||||
| 2015-12-14 | Marinette | Wisconsin | Alliance Industries, Inc. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was making sand cores on a core machine when the gas plate cracked. While he was adjusting the ram to align the gas plate, the ram moved downward and contacted his foot, amputating his fourth toe. | |||||
| 2015-11-19 | Marinette | Wisconsin | Silvan Industries Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee suffered a finger amputation after their gloved hand was entangled in a rotating drill bit. | |||||
| 2015-10-28 | Marinette | Wisconsin | Fincantieri Marine Group, LLC | Face | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was positioning steel hull components for welding using a come-a-long. The hook slipped off the beam it was attached to and struck the employee in the face resulting in facial fractures. | |||||
| 2015-07-23 | Marinette | Wisconsin | WGS Global Services LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On July 23, 2015, an employee suffered a finger amputation while grinding a casting on a stand grinder. | |||||
| 2015-07-11 | Marinette | Wisconsin | Waupaca Foundry Plant #4 | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was changing a rocker arm on the Line #4 Pre-Shaker. The employee experienced a partial amputation when his right hand middle finger was caught between the shaker table and the rocker arm. | |||||
| 2015-07-01 | Marinette | Wisconsin | Halron Lubricants Inc. | Arm(s) | Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was removing an automotive lift, when the lift lowered on and broke the employee's arm. | |||||