Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-11 | Milwaukee | Wi | Ritus Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a press when their right hand was caught by a demolding tool, resulting in amputation of the middle fingertip. | |||||
2021-10-29 | Milwaukee | Wi | Walkowiak Electric Inc | Arm(s) | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was removing an electrical breaker from an existing electrical panel when an arc flash occurred and burned the employee's right arm. | |||||
2021-10-26 | Milwaukee | Wi | Pro-Se Services - Seca Equipment | Multiple upper extremities locations | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was inspecting an excavator when they slipped and fell off the excavator, resulting in a broken left shoulder and a broken right wrist. | |||||
2021-10-12 | Milwaukee | Wi | Numotion | Arm(s) | Other animal bites, nonvenomous |
An employee was fitting a wheelchair to a client when a dog attacked her. She suffered a broken arm and lacerations. | |||||
2021-09-01 | Milwaukee | Wi | Cervantes Roof Vac LLC | Arm(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was securing a ladder to the upper roof with a bungee cable. The bungee cable snapped, causing the feet of the ladder to move. The employee fell with the ladder and sustained a broken arm. | |||||
2021-08-20 | Milwaukee | Wi | Douglas Dynamics, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was adjusting the direction of a structure-mounted air circulating fan. The fan blade struck and amputated his right index finger. | |||||
2021-07-07 | Milwaukee | Wi | Joshen Paper & Packaging | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was driving around and making deliveries on July 7, 2021. It was a humid, 92-degree day and the delivery truck's air conditioning failed. On returning to the facility at 5:00 p.m., the employee was hot and sweaty, with incoherent speech. The employee was hospitalized, suffering from heat exhaustion and kidney failure. | |||||
2021-06-25 | Milwaukee | Wi | Potawatomi Bingo Casino | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was replacing the belt on a pulley to an air handler when his right hand was pulled into the pulley, resulting in a partial amputation of his little finger. | |||||
2021-06-07 | Milwaukee | Wi | Estes Express Lines, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Nonclassifiable |
An employee's left ring finger was crushed and partially amputated above the first knuckle, under the nail. | |||||
2021-06-07 | Milwaukee | Wi | Doral Equipment Rental | Foot (feet) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
Employees were unloading a pallet of large forklift forks from a flatbed trailer using another forklift. The pallet cracked as it was picked up, and one of the forks fell to the ground and crushed an employee's foot. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-04-22 | Milwaukee | Wi | Pink Dumpsters, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was cleaning debris from under a semi truck. The truck was driven forward and ran over the employee's leg, breaking the fibula. | |||||
2021-02-13 | Milwaukee | Wi | Staff Electric Co., Inc. | Hand(s) | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was installing electrical equipment when an arc flash burned his hands. | |||||
2021-02-11 | Milwaukee | Wi | Palermo Villa, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
While operating a cheese shredder in auto production mode, an employee's right index finger was crushed by the pusher arm. | |||||
2021-01-31 | Milwaukee | Wi | HZ OPS Holdings, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking through the parking lot to her car. The employee slipped on an ice patch and fell, resulting in a broken ankle. | |||||
2020-10-19 | Milwaukee | Wi | General Mills | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was working on the empty tote conveyor. As he was putting a chain onto a sprocket, a box passed through a photo eye, triggering the conveyor. The employee was caught by the sprocket and chain, sustaining the amputation of 1/8" of the left ring fingertip. | |||||
2020-10-19 | Milwaukee | Wi | Malteurope Malting Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was replacing the drive belt on a 40-inch exhaust fan. A finger was caught between the belt and pulley resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2020-09-30 | Milwaukee | Wi | Fred Usinger, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
The grinding blade on a deactivated meat grinding machine amputated an employee's right middle fingertip. | |||||
2020-09-23 | Milwaukee | Wi | VRC Companies, LLC | Scalp | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell from a portable A-frame ladder while pulling boxes of records from a storage rack. The employee suffered contusions to the back of the head. | |||||
2020-08-10 | Milwaukee | Wi | Usinger's | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was changing the film on a machine when the employee's left middle and index fingers were pinched between the heating plate and die box, resulting in fingertip amputations. | |||||
2020-07-31 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | H & R Scrap Metal Company Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was using a wire stripping machine. The machine caught his glove and pulled in his hand. He suffered lacerations to his index and middle fingers and his thumb (which was split down the middle), as well as a broken bone. | |||||
2020-07-29 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Per Mar Security & Research Corp | Knee(s) | Fall on same level |
An employee fell while walking security rounds, suffering a knee injury and left-side numbness. | |||||
2020-07-17 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Master Lock Company LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was guiding a small piece of metal into a shear cutter when the blade partially amputated his left middle finger (no bone). | |||||
2020-06-24 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Hentzen Coatings, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker |
An employee was removing an open-head drum from a skid. When he removed it, he rolled it on the floor. His finger got caught between the drum he was moving and another drum that was stationary. The employee's right ring finger was amputated between the two drums. | |||||
2020-06-03 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | General Mills Operations, LLC | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
An employee suffered a hernia while bending over to pick up a pallet. | |||||
2020-05-26 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Tekni-Plex Flexibles LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
While changing blades on a machine, a blade fell and partially amputated an employee's right ring finger. | |||||
2020-05-15 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Armandos Drywall and Finishing LLC | Arm(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee lost balance while putting on and standing up on a pair of drywall stilts. The employee fell from the stilts and broke an arm, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2020-05-10 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Century Fence Company | Face | Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was kneeling down prepping towable vacuum equipment to connect to grooving equipment. When he stood up, he lost his balance, fell forward, and struck the right side of his face on the hitch of the grooving equipment. He was hospitalized with a face injury. | |||||
2020-04-19 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee tripped and fell during horseplay with other nurses and broke a hip. | |||||
2020-04-03 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Klement's Sausage Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was unjamming a de-clipper machine. After the air lines were shut down, the clipper head partially amputated the employee's thumb. | |||||
2020-03-12 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Perlick Corporation | Knee(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was using a staple gun to secure cardboard to a shipping crate. The gun shot a 3/4-inch staple into his knee. | |||||
2020-02-27 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Ovation Jewish Home | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee was cleaning a restroom with a cleaning wipe and became ill from the fumes. | |||||
2020-02-20 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Mi-Tech Services, Inc | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in work zone |
A crew was clearing away signage and cones after a survey. A vehicle struck an employee who was putting cones into the back of a truck, causing the amputation of both the employee's legs. | |||||
2020-01-25 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | United Parcel Serive | Elbow(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee lost sight of the edge of a platform, fell, and landed on his right elbow. His elbow broke and required surgery. | |||||
2020-01-15 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | The Marcus Corporation | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was using a hammer and chisel to remove some floor tiling when a piece of tile went under the employee's safety glasses and into the eye, lacerating it and requiring surgery. | |||||
2019-09-19 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | BHP, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
On September 19, 2019, an employee was guiding a piece of product being lifted by an overhead crane. The employee's hand was crushed between two pieces of product; the employee suffered a broken finger and needed stitches. | |||||
2019-08-02 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Saint Francis Hospital | Brain | Fall on same level |
An employee fell and hit her head. She was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-07-17 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Packers Sanitation Services, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was sanitizing equipment when the auger from a meat grinder amputated their right index finger. The machine was energized at the time. | |||||
2019-07-15 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Cudahy Tower Apartments, LLC | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
While performing rounds in an apartment complex parking lot, a security officer was struck by a vehicle that was backing into a parking spot. The security officer was hospitalized for a broken leg and abdominal and head injuries. | |||||
2019-07-09 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Dirty Ducts Cleaning Environmental & Insulation Inc. | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell from a ladder and suffered a broken wrist and a contusion over one eye. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-07-05 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | MARED MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS CORP. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against object or equipment |
An employee was cleaning a condenser coil on a rooftop unit. The access plate slipped while the employee was reinstalling it, and the employee's hand went into the unit's fan blade. The employee suffered severe lacerations to the right thumb, index, and middle finger and was hospitalized, requiring surgery. | |||||
2019-06-05 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Master Lock Company LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee operating a pneumatic press sustained a right index finger amputation at the second joint. | |||||
2019-06-01 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Levy Restaurants | Trunk | Fall on same level |
An employee fell while working in a concession stand and was injured. | |||||
2019-05-28 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Messmer Catholic Schools | Thoracic region | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell while on stairs, suffering a broken T-12 vertebra in the back. | |||||
2019-05-17 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Athea Laboratories and Packaging | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was troubleshooting a noise that was coming from a machine. The machine started and the employee's left index finger was caught in the chain and sprocket resulting in amputation of the fingertip. | |||||
2019-05-13 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Integrity Environmental Services, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
On May 13, 2019, the injured employee was performing demo work with a pry bar in one hand while his other hand was leaning against a door jam. Another employee closed the door causing and pinched the injured employee's finger between the door and the door frame resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2019-04-17 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Advanced Bionics LLC | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped on her purse strap while getting out of a vehicle, impacted the ground, broke her leg, and was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-03-15 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Potawatomi Bingo Casino | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
An employee suffered a hernia while lifting material. | |||||
2019-02-06 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Industrial Manufacturing Company | Leg(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was working on a vertical lathe when a part became dislodged during the machining process and struck the lathe door, which then pushed the employee. He lost his balance and fell to the ground, breaking a leg. | |||||
2019-01-30 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Bardes Plastics, Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
An employee was setting up a thermo-forming press and placing a shim while standing on a step stool. The employee slipped and inadvertently activated the press crushing his left thumb. He was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
2019-01-15 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | CBRE | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Trip over an object without fall |
An employee tripped over a door stop while pulling wires, suffering severe abdominal pain likely due to a severe hernia. | |||||
2019-01-13 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | United Milwaukee Scrap | Multiple body parts | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
A metal brick was ejected out of a grinder and caused injury to an employee's left arm and chest. | |||||
2018-09-25 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Marquette University | Elbow(s) | Fall on same level |
An employee slipped/tripped in a parking lot and fell to the pavement, suffering a broken and dislocated elbow. | |||||
2018-07-30 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Cornell Communications, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was using a shearer, which cut off the tip of his finger at the first joint. | |||||
2018-07-26 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Flux Design, LTD. | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was unplugging a welder. The prongs of the plug arced to the breaker box and the employee was shocked. | |||||
2018-07-25 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Charter Communications, LLC. | Head, neck, and trunk | Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment |
An employee was installing electronic equipment on an electronics rack when the rack came loose from the wall and fell on the employee's head. The employee suffered bruising, abrasions, a nerve injury, head injuries, and vertebra injuries to the upper neck and back. | |||||
2018-07-11 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Speedway LLC | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
A store employee was struck in the abdomen by a shoplifter, causing the rupture of a prior hernia repair. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-05-17 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Delta Logisitics Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
An employee was helping to unload a truck when a U-box smashed and fractured his right pointer finger. | |||||
2018-05-17 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | U-Haul Co., Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was watching a forklift operator remove a pallet from a semi-trailer when he reached down to catch a box falling off a pallet. The forklift operator maneuvered the pallet into the trailer wall, causing the employee's finger to become caught between the two. The employee suffered a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2018-04-19 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Menzies Aviation | Head | Fall, slip, trip |
An employee fell and suffered laceration injuries to his head. | |||||
2018-04-17 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Aurora Health Care | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was attempting to move his car when he slipped on ice in the parking lot and broke his ankle, requiring surgery. | |||||
2018-04-17 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Treat-All Metals, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was moving a furnace basket with a hoist when the basket fell off the lifting device and onto the employee's finger, resulting in a partial amputation. | |||||
2018-03-22 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Aurora Health Care Medical Group | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee reported the smell of glue outside the hallway to operating rooms under construction. After being exposed to the smell for approximately four hours, the employee became sweaty and began vomiting from possible vapor inhalation. | |||||
2018-03-15 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Cargill Meat Solutions Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was removing packaging from a block of frozen meat when the block tipped and pinched the employee's fingertip between the block of meat and the table, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2018-03-13 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Brown Campbell Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was using an iron worker to cut a piece of metal and partially amputated the left thumb. | |||||
2018-02-14 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Wisconsin Paperboard Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee's pinky finger was partially amputated by a new reel string when performing a change up process on a paper machine. | |||||
2018-02-10 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Marquette University | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity, 220 volts or less |
An employee turned on a vacuum cleaner to vacuum a second floor carpet and received an electrical shock in his foot that traveled up his leg. | |||||
2017-10-11 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Barnes Group Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee suffered a fingertip amputation while loading a carrier plate. | |||||
2017-10-10 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Badger Truck Center Inc | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
An employee slipped and fell while exiting his truck, injuring his third and fourth neck vertebrae. | |||||
2017-10-08 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Aurora Health Care | Multiple arm locations | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was walking into work and tripped on the support bracket of the flood guard at the entry to the building. The employee lost balance and fell forward onto the ground resulting in a fractured arm, contusions to both knees and an abrasion to the bridge of the nose. | |||||
2017-09-23 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Sellars Absorbent Materials, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On September 23, 2017, an employee was operating a machine and broke three fingers. | |||||
2017-09-21 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Palermo Villa, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
On September 21, 2017, an employee was placing labels on pallets when a forklift ran over his foot. | |||||
2017-09-06 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Communication Technology Services LLC | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was inspecting communication cables and fell from a catwalk, sustaining two broken wrists. | |||||
2017-08-31 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Great Lakes Coca Cola Bottling | Foot (feet) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was driving a standup forklift and got their left foot caught between the pallets and the exterior of the forklift resulting in lacerations and broken metatarsals. | |||||
2017-08-29 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Material Recovery Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was working to clear a jam on the grinding machine by manually removing plastic from the chamber of the grinding machine. The rotor of the grinding machine amputated the right middle and ring fingers. | |||||
2017-08-21 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Marquette University | Trunk | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in roadway |
An employee was struck in the crosswalk of a city street by a motor vehicle, requiring hospitalization for a torso injury. | |||||
2017-08-18 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | RES Manufacturing Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was feeding a coil of steel into a mechanical punch press die when the press cycled and amputated the employee's left middle fingertip. | |||||
2017-08-09 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Klement's Sausage Co., Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was removing a plastic wrap jam from a packaging machine when the guillotine blade came down and amputated the employee's left index fingertip. The machine was not guarded or locked/tagged out at the time of the incident. | |||||
2017-07-29 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Sellars Absorbent Materials, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
While changing out a paper core on the DRC machine an employee's hand was caught in a running nip point resulting in an amputation on the right hand. | |||||
2017-07-21 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Forest County Potawatomi Community | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was greasing a rooftop HVAC machine when his left pinky fingertip was caught and amputated between the machine's belt and pulley. The HVAC was running at the time of the incident. | |||||
2017-07-16 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Insulation Industries, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Fall to lower level |
An employee fell through a 1/4 inch transit board resulting in a C7 fracture and a broken femur. | |||||
2017-07-11 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Advance Die Casting Company, LLC | Foot (feet) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was walking away from a furnace when molten metal sprayed from the furnace's crucible hole and contacted his foot, causing second degree burns. | |||||
2017-07-04 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Sellars Absorbent Material | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning the paper roller with an abrasive pad and caught two fingers on the right hand in a nip point between two rollers resulting in amputation of the fingers. | |||||
2017-06-24 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Snap-On Tools | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was adjusting a stop on a small hydraulic press when the press activated and amputated the employee's left middle fingertip. | |||||
2017-06-17 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Tulip Corporation | Nonclassifiable | Contact with objects and equipment |
While starting a press, an employee contacted the blade, suffering a laceration that required surgery. | |||||
2017-05-30 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Midwest Stairs & Iron inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was cutting stock on a table saw when their glove was caught in the saw pulling a finger into the blade. The left pinky finger was amputated at the second knuckle. The saw was unguarded at the time. | |||||
2017-05-04 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Overland Roofing & Remodeling LLC | Multiple body parts | Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet |
An employee was walking across a roof deck when he fell approximately 20 feet through a soft spot in the roof deck to the floor below, breaking his wrist and cracking his pelvis. | |||||
2017-05-03 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Milwaukee Brewing Company | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell from an elevated pallet rack to the concrete floor, suffering a cervical neck fracture and a back injury that required hospitalization. | |||||
2017-04-10 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Rexnord LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was setting up a hydraulic pull tester station (5000 lbs. capacity). A plastic chain product was put under tension. While the employee was adjusting some locking washers with a spanner wrench, the plastic chain snapped and the employee's left middle fingertip was caught and amputated between the washer and a table. | |||||
2017-04-01 | West Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Nations Roof North, LLC | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee fell approximately 12 feet from a ladder while attempting to access the roof, suffering broken ankles. | |||||
2017-03-24 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | MAYNARD STEEL CASTING COMPANY | Leg(s) | Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source |
An employee was supervising coworkers who were pouring castings when heat from the castings ignited the employee's clothes, causing second and third degree burns to both legs. Proper PPE was not worn at the time of the incident. | |||||
2017-03-14 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Palermo Villa, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was performing preventive maintenance on the line 2 case erector, a machine that forms corrugated into a box. The employee was looking to see if a bearing was running smoothly in the machine and had a shop rag in his right hand. The rag got caught in the moving chain and sprocket assembly, pulling his right index finger into the assembly. The finger was severely lacerated and contorted such that it was amputated at the hospital. | |||||
2017-03-08 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | C.G. Schmidt, Inc. | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was working on a wall and using a positioning device when his anchor point failed causing the employee to fall approximately 11 feet six inches to the lower level. The employee suffered a fractured left wrist. | |||||
2017-02-21 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Badger Magnetics, Inc. | Hand(s) | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was testing electrical equipment that they produce in the factory and was shocked and burned on both hands. | |||||
2017-02-12 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Joy Global Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was performing service and maintenance on a machine when the pulley unit lacerated and fractured the employee's right hand, requiring surgery and hospitalization. The machine was unguarded and energized at the time of the incident. | |||||
2017-02-08 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Grunau Company, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was opening a window when it fell down and pinched the employee's right index finger between the metal sash and the bottom of the window, amputating the fingertip. | |||||
2017-01-27 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Helwig Carbon Products | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a punch press and amputated the left middle finger. | |||||
2017-01-20 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Choice Construction Companies, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was tying rebar. As he disconnected his positioning hook to come off the rebar, he fell to the ground, breaking his arm and ribs and displacing a disc in his back. | |||||
2017-01-17 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Klement Sausage Co., Inc. | Wrist(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking into work, slipped on ice and fell resulting in a broken wrist that required surgery and hospitalization. | |||||
2017-01-17 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Klement Sausage Co., Inc. | Knee(s) and leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped on ice at 7:45 a.m. while walking into work. The employee sustained a leg and knee injury requiring surgery and overnight hospitalization. | |||||
2017-01-13 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Capitol Stampings Corp. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a press and as the employee was removing an 8 inch tall part, the employee's pinky finger was partially amputated. |