| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-06 | Menomonee Falls | Wi | ARANDELL CORPORATION | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was adjusting a belt on a conveyor. The employee's left index and middle fingers were caught in the conveyor's chain and sprocket, and both fingertips were amputated at the first joint. | |||||
| 2021-09-28 | Menomonee Falls | Wi | Alto-Shaam, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was disassembling a piece of equipment. A stripped screw in a part the employee was removing broke free, and the part fell on the employee's left index finger. The finger was amputated. | |||||
| 2021-06-14 | Menomonee Falls | Wi | Target Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was cutting the top of a clothes hanger with a box cutter and cut their finger. The employee was hospitalized for an infection. | |||||
| 2021-05-13 | Menomonee Falls | Wi | ARANDELL CORPORATION | Nonclassifiable | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| A forklift struck an employee. | |||||
| 2021-03-23 | Menomonee Falls | Wi | Marian Milwaukee Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was running production on a chopper machine when material got stuck behind the blade. While clearing the material, the machine cycled and amputated his right index fingertip. | |||||
| 2020-05-08 | Monee | Illinois | Whiting Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On May 8, 2020, an employee was operating a lathe and polishing a tube using an emery cloth when the employee's right-hand glove came in contact with the rotating part and pulled the employee's hand into the lathe. As a result, the index and middle fingers on the right hand were amputated. | |||||
| 2020-01-21 | Menomonee Falls | Wisconsin | Scan-pac | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was attempting to pull a part out of a press. He went to the end of the press where the belt motor is located and was squeezing the belt when his glove was caught in the pulley. As a result, his right index fingertip was amputated at the nail. | |||||
| 2019-05-23 | Menomonee Falls | Wisconsin | TJ HALE COMPANY, LLC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was using a table saw to cut wood when a board kicked back. The employee's left index finger contacted the saw blade and was amputated. The saw was unguarded at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2019-04-23 | Menomonee Falls | Wisconsin | Herker Industries, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee's hand entered a machine that had been turned off and was caught between two rotating gears, resulting in a finger amputation. | |||||
| 2019-02-22 | Menomonee Falls | Wisconsin | Scan-Pac Mfg., Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was emptying a bag of collected dust from a dust collection system. The bag and the employee's hand were pulled into the airlock hopper valve. The employee's hand was lacerated. | |||||
| 2019-01-26 | Menomonee Falls | Wisconsin | Harley-Davidson, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was clearing a jam in a gear machine. The employee cleared the jam using a small torque wrench, but another part jam occurred right behind the original jam. After unjamming those parts, the employee used a screwdriver to hold the parts back and his left index finger to prevent the next parts from coming down the track. One of the parts was released and caused the sensor to call for another part. The gate came down and cut his index finger resulting in a partial amputation. | |||||
| 2019-01-22 | Menomonee Falls | Wisconsin | NCL Graphics Specialties a Fort Dearborn Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee was standing on a stool while cleaning a piece of equipment when the employee slipped. The employee reached out to catch themselves, and the employee's hand contacted the blades on a machine, causing lacerations to three fingers. | |||||
| 2018-07-18 | Menomonee Falls | Wisconsin | Froedtert Community Memorial Hospital | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level due to tripping |
| An employee was caring for a patient in the patient's room. The employee tripped (possibly over a cord) and fell, suffering a broken right leg/pelvis. | |||||
| 2018-07-03 | Menomonee Falls | Wisconsin | Middle West MFG. Corp. | Pelvis | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was manipulating a steel plate into a roller machine. During the rigging of the plate, the overhead crane hoist/crane hooks disengaged. The plate fell, crushing the employee's pelvis. The employee was hospitalized and underwent surgery. | |||||
| 2018-05-24 | Monee | Illinois | TA Operating LLC | Hand(s) | Fire |
| An employee suffered third-degree burns to their hand while extinguishing a fire. | |||||
| 2018-05-16 | Menomonee Falls | Wisconsin | GLENROY, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was trying to prevent pouches from jamming on a machine when the guillotine knife came down and amputated the employee's left thumb tip. | |||||
| 2018-05-04 | Menomonee Falls | Wisconsin | American Landscaping | Hand(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| On May 4, 2018, an employee was removing timber from a patio when a rusty nail punctured the employee's hand, resulting in an infection that required surgery and hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-10-02 | Menomonee Falls | Wisconsin | Wrico Stamping Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee suffered a left index fingertip amputation while operating a punch press. | |||||
| 2017-07-21 | Menomonee Falls | Wisconsin | Scan-pac Mfg., Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was working on a sanding machine which had just been turned off, when the machine's belts amputated the employee's fingertip. The belts were rotating at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2017-07-06 | Monee | Illinois | Mobile Mini | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was on top of a vacuum box, loosening a cap on a vent pipe with a pipe wrench, when he fell approximately 4 feet and landed in a sitting position. He suffered a compression fracture and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-06-28 | Monee | Illinois | Warehouse Equipment Installation Services | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee on a scissor lift was caught between the lift's guardrail and a suspended conveyor belt. At the time of the incident the lift was elevated and being driven by a coworker. The injured employee was hospitalized w broken ribs. | |||||
| 2017-05-02 | Monee | Illinois | Conveyor Specialties, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was operating a scissor lift and pinched the left ring finger at the middle phalanges between the lift's guardrail and a steel angle support resulting in amputation. | |||||
| 2017-03-21 | Menomonee Falls | Wisconsin | Alto-Shaam, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a press brake and amputated their left ring finger. | |||||
| 2017-01-06 | Monee | Illinois | AREA ERECTORS, INC. | Lower leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| On January 7, 2017, at approximately 2:40 p.m., an employee was attempting to lay out structural steel pieces with the assistance of a forklift truck. A steel truss fell over and struck the employee's legs resulting in fractures and crushing injuries to both lower legs. | |||||
| 2017-01-05 | Menomonee Falls | Wisconsin | GLENROY, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was using compressed air to blow out an extrusion unit before completing a resin change over when the mechanical hopper gate closed, pinching and amputating the employee's right index, middle, and ring fingertips. | |||||
| 2017-01-04 | Menomonee Falls | Wisconsin | Inventix Manufacturing, LLC | Leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was moving a cart of zinc bars/ingots to a reclaim furnace to be melted down. The cart wheels were caught in pit holes on the floor, causing the cart to tip over and the bars of ingots to fall on his left leg. He suffered a compound fracture and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-07-21 | Menomonee Falls | Wisconsin | Dielectric Corporation | Head | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| An employee was struck in the head by a plastic hose that became wrapped around a rotating CNC machine spindle. The hose struck the employee in the head causing a severe laceration. The employee's right pinky finger was also broken and lacerated. The employee was hospitalized for treatment of the head injury. | |||||
| 2016-05-23 | Menomonee Falls | Wisconsin | Wigdahl Electric Company | Lumbar region | Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode |
| An employee strained their lower back while pulling a power cable up a cell tower. | |||||
| 2016-02-20 | Menomonee Falls | Wisconsin | Volrath, Incorporated | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee's left middle fingertip was amputated while reaching for a part on a press. | |||||
| 2016-02-16 | Menomonee Falls | Wisconsin | Squared Away Builders, Inc. | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee fell while installing roof sheathing. The employee suffered a concussion and broken ribs. | |||||
| 2015-07-16 | Menomonee Falls | Wisconsin | GLENROY, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was up on the platform performing a visual inspection of the CP Roll. There are 3 to 4 rollers that go together to print. He slipped, and his hand entered an in-running nip point between two driven rollers. He sustained a soft-tissue amputation of his right thumb tip. | |||||
| 2015-04-07 | Menomonee Falls | Wisconsin | Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Nonclassifiable |
| An employee's right index finger was amputated at the first knuckle, resulting in overnight hospitalization. | |||||
| 2015-02-23 | Menomonee Falls | Wisconsin | Pioneer Roofing | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| Employee was setting up a 15 foot extension ladder to get onto the roof. After he climbed the ladder, he went to connect the ladder to the building with a bungee cord. When he was connecting the cord and pulling it tight, he ended up pulling himself off the ladder. | |||||