Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-05-17 | Middleton | Nh | Middleton Building Supply Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee was cleaning the blower for a saw and amputated their right index finger. | |||||
2021-02-25 | Middleton | Nh | Middleton Building Supply Inc. | Wrist(s) | Struck against object or equipment |
An employee was loosening a bolt with a wrench. The wrench slipped off the bolt and a piece of metal lacerated the employee's wrist. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery to repair an artery. | |||||
2021-01-25 | Middleton | Nh | Middleton Building Supply Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee sustained a fingertip amputation when their finger was caught by the roller of a conveyor. | |||||
2020-09-15 | Middleton | Ma | Tesla, Inc. | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
A solar installer fell off a ladder onto the ground below. The employee was hospitalized for fractures to both legs. | |||||
2020-07-10 | Middleton | Wisconsin | Madison Gas and Electric Company | Multiple body parts | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
An employee had just finished spray painting the floor of a generator enclosure. The spray paint can was knocked over and ruptured, and the escaping paint vapors ignited. The employee suffered serious burns to the face, neck, hand, and arm. | |||||
2020-05-21 | Middleton | Wisconsin | Trillium Construction Services | Hand(s) | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
An employee was working with a flammable membrane cleaner. The cleaner caught fire when the employee went to light his cigarette and both of his hands were burned. | |||||
2020-02-13 | Middleton | Wisconsin | 1848 Construction, Inc. | Brain | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
At about 8:30 a.m. on February 13, 2020, two employees were doing carpentry work at an office building. A section of HVAC duct broke free from ceiling mounts and struck one employee's head, injuring it. | |||||
2020-01-23 | Middleton | Wisconsin | Clasen Quality Chocolate, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was clearing product from a pump. The employee's right middle and ring fingers were amputated by the pump rotors. | |||||
2019-08-19 | Middleton | Wisconsin | Livesey Painting, Inc. | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level |
On August 19, 2019, an employee was working on a baker's scaffold while mudding drywall inside a commercial building. At approximately 11:20 a.m., the employee was standing on the scaffold and using his arms to move the scaffold across the floor when he lost balance and fell over the guardrails, landing on the concrete floor below. He fractured seven ribs and his skull. | |||||
2019-04-11 | Middleton | Wisconsin | Kwik Trip, Inc. | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee fell while walking down stairs. She suffered a broken left tibia and a dislocated left ankle. | |||||
2019-03-13 | Middleton | Wisconsin | United Parcel Service, Inc. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Overexertion involving outside sources |
While trying to free a semi's landing gear (which had been frozen to the ground), an employee suffered an abdominal strain. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-03-23 | Middleton | Idaho | S&B Construction LLC | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
An employee was securing a ladder and fall protection on a roof when the employee fell 20 feet to the ground. | |||||
2018-03-13 | Middleton | Wisconsin | Top Promotions, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was removing shirts from a conveyor belt when the employee's left hand became caught between the conveyor belt and guard, resulting in a partial index finger amputation. | |||||
2017-06-13 | Middleton | Wisconsin | FRANK LIQUOR COMPANY, INC. | Multiple face locations | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
The employee was cleaning a draft beer line with a draft beer line cleaning solution (Micro Matic Beer Line Cleaner [SDS #BDP-003]) . The pressure from the hose caused the chemical to spray out onto the employee's face. The employee sustained a chemical burn to both eyes on his face. |