Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-01-07 | Neopit | Wi | Menominee Tribal Enterprises | Foot (feet) | Struck by object or equipment |
An employee was bucking an 18-inch-thick pine tree into logs using a 24-inch-long chainsaw. The pressure of a cut tree released and the tree sprang back toward the employee, crushing his right foot and penetrating his boot. The foot was broken and punctured. | |||||
2020-07-18 | Neopit | Wisconsin | Menominee Tribal Enterprises | Multiple body parts | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was attempting to saw down a small pine tree near a larger rotting pine tree when the small tree fell against the larger tree and jolted it. An upper section of the larger pine became dislodged and fell several minutes later. The employee was struck and pinned to the ground by a protruding branch of the trunk section that fell. He suffered crushed vertebrae, broken ribs, and a collapsed lung. | |||||
2019-02-17 | Neopit | Wisconsin | Tim Dixon Logging | Multiple body parts | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
As a tree was being felled, one of its branches struck a second tree, broke loose, and sprung back. It struck the sawyer, causing broken ribs, a broken shoulder, and a facial laceration. | |||||
2017-04-17 | Neopit | Wisconsin | Menominee Tribal Enterprises | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee fell approximately four feet from the conveyor chain and fractured ribs. | |||||
2015-10-20 | Neopit | Wisconsin | ADVANCED FABRICATION SERVICES | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On or about October 20, 2015, an employee's hand got caught in an auger while servicing it. |