| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-11 | Menasha | Wi | Sonoco (SPG) Incorporated | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was inspecting paper for defects while standing on the end of a roll of paper in a machine. The machine was jogged and pulled the paper out from under the employee's feet. The employee fell to the floor, suffering a possible hip fracture. | |||||
| 2021-05-16 | Menasha | Wi | Sonoco | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee had removed a deckle nozzle to change it. It dropped, and as he tried to catch it his glove was caught in the cylinder. He suffered a degloving to the right thumb. | |||||
| 2021-04-15 | Menasha | Wi | TC Transcontinental Holding Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On April 15, 2021, an employee was removing rust from the spindle of a lathe using an emery cloth when their glove become entangled in the back chuck, resulting in a partial degloving of the right middle finger and complete amputation of the right ring and pinky fingers. | |||||
| 2021-03-06 | Menasha | Wi | Essity | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was on a catwalk, cleaning the shower on a paper machine. As he was using a wrench to rotate the shower shaft with his right hand, the indicator came around and caught the tip of his left index finger, causing a partial amputation to the finger pad. | |||||
| 2020-06-24 | Menasha | Wisconsin | Intertape Polymer Group | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was using a rag to clean ink blots from the rollers of a flexo press. The rag became caught in the rollers and pulled the employee's left hand into the machine's rollers. The employee sustained amputation of the left index and middle fingertips. | |||||
| 2019-04-19 | Menasha | Wisconsin | Dura-Fibre, LLC | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was performing maintenance on a baler. Knives on the baler amputated the employee's right hand. | |||||
| 2019-04-09 | Menasha | Wisconsin | LSC Communications US, Inc | Multiple body parts | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was engaged in changeover activities on the press stacker when the stacker table activated and pinned him, injuring his head and right arm. | |||||
| 2019-02-05 | Menasha | Wisconsin | U.S. Postal Service | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee slipped on an icy sidewalk while delivering mail and fractured the right ankle. | |||||
| 2018-07-02 | Menasha | Wisconsin | LSC Communications, Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was webbing paper into a press when the press's blanket cylinders caught the employee's left hand. The employee suffered damage to the middle and ring fingers, resulting in surgical amputation of the middle finger to the first joint. | |||||
| 2018-01-04 | Menasha | Wisconsin | WOW Logistics Company | Heel(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| On January 4, 2017, at approximately 4:50 a.m., an employee used a stand-up forklift to place a pallet onto a storage rack. He was backing away from the pallet when his right heel was caught and lacerated between an upright behind him and the operator compartment of the lift. He required stitches and overnight hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-07-24 | Menasha | Wisconsin | Gunderson Inc. | Knee(s) | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
| An employee was on a loading dock looking for his cart. He had one foot on the dock plate and the other foot on a truck when the truck pulled away. He then fell, injuring his knee and requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2016-06-06 | Menasha | Wisconsin | Lunda Construction | Forearm(s) | Nonclassifiable |
| On June 6, 2016, an employee suffered an arm amputation above the elbow while working with a jack. | |||||
| 2015-12-28 | Menasha | Wisconsin | SCA Tissue | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| While moving a strainer onto a rack for cleaning, the rack slipped and pinched the employee's finger between the rack and the strainer weighing approximately 40 lbs. The fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2015-10-10 | Menasha | Wisconsin | Graphic Packaging International, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was working by a sheeter roll and was using a wedge so it wouldn't move. When he placed the wedge, the roll moved and it pinched his fingers. The roll weighs 2,000 lbs. The hand specialist had to amputate the right middle fingertip. | |||||
| 2015-05-04 | Menasha | Wisconsin | Lunda Construction | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was stripping concrete form work. The employee was tied off to the concrete form work when it moved and fell to the ground. The employee was pulled by the falling form work and hit the ground. The employee fell 14 feet and was hospitalized with head and back injuries. | |||||
| 2015-01-20 | Menasha | Wisconsin | Belgioioso cheese, Inc. | Groin | Slip on substance without fall |
| An employee dismounted a forklift into a puddle of water and slipped. The employee suffered a groin tear/sprain. | |||||