| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-10 | New Berlin | Wi | Kelmann Corp. | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was using a table saw to trim wood pieces. The saw amputated the employee's left index fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-02-22 | New Berlin | Wi | ACS Group, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On February 22, 2021, an employee was using an emery board to polish or de-burr bar stock when their right pinky finger was caught in the lathe and the fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2020-10-04 | New Berlin | Ny | Chobani, LLC | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was clearing a cup/foil jam on a filler when they were injured by the yogurt cup conveyor. The employee sustained lacerations to the left arm and left side and fractures to the left arm. | |||||
| 2020-08-04 | New Berlin | Wi | Trulite Glass & Aluminum Solutions | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
| An employee was lifting a large roll. The roll released and dropped on his right little finger, resulting in an amputation. | |||||
| 2019-07-12 | New Berlin | Wisconsin | Wausau Equipment Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
| An employee was using an overhead crane to move parts when a part slipped, causing the load to become unbalanced. While trying to stabilize the load and catch the falling piece, the employee sustained a broken thumb. | |||||
| 2019-07-04 | New Berlin | Wisconsin | RW Lyall | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| On July 4, 2019, an employee was inserting a part into a pneumatic vise. The employee's finger was pinched between the part and the vise, causing a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2019-03-15 | New Berlin | Wisconsin | Denali Ingredients, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was attempting to clear a jam on a piece of equipment when the employee's finger entered a pinch point, resulting in a fingertip amputation. The equipment was locked out at the time. | |||||
| 2019-01-23 | New Berlin | Wisconsin | Process Retail Group, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a glue block saw machine, which caused amputation of the employee's left middle and ring fingertips. The machine was guarded at the time. | |||||
| 2018-08-18 | New Berlin | Wisconsin | Quad/Graphics, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Nonclassifiable |
| An employee was pinched and amputated between a stand-up lift and racking in a warehouse. | |||||
| 2018-07-25 | New Berlin | Wisconsin | Associated Bank Corporation | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to harmful substances or environments |
| While counting money, an employee had an allergic reaction to an unknown substance, suffering tongue swelling. | |||||
| 2018-07-03 | New Berlin | Wisconsin | Trulite Glass and Aluminum Solutions, LLC | Arm(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| While inspecting a piece of glass, an employee suffered an arm laceration from the glass that required stitches. | |||||
| 2018-05-21 | New Berlin | Wisconsin | KS Energy Services | Thigh(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was placing skids for pipes that needed to be unloaded when a mechanical lifting device failed, allowing a steel pipe to hit the employee's right leg. The employee sustained a broken right femur. | |||||
| 2018-04-04 | New Berlin | Wisconsin | Schoeneck Containers Inc. | Head and trunk | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee entered a scrap dumpster to remove metal scrap. As he was attempting to remove metal scrap, an aluminum table in the dumpster fell, striking and knocking him down into the bottom of the dumpster. He was pinned by the aluminum table and unable to free himself, suffering a head contusion and back injury/strain. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-02-05 | New Berlin | Wisconsin | Wenthe-Davidson Engineering Co. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a rolling machine to roll flat pieces of metal (about 8" x 12") into a tube that is then seam welded at another machine when the employee's left hand was injured, requiring the surgical amputation of four fingers. | |||||
| 2017-08-07 | New Berlin | New York | Chobani | Fingertip(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
| An employee's right index finger was caught in a door jamb when the door closed, amputating the fingertip. | |||||
| 2017-07-31 | New Berlin | Wisconsin | Artemax Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On July 31, 2017, an employee's hand was crushed while reaching into a machine to make an adjustment. The employee received an amputation to the right hand. | |||||
| 2016-09-26 | New Berlin | Wisconsin | Denali Ingredients LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was cleaning the starch feeder hopper when his right index fingertip was amputated by the 2-inch auger at the bottom. | |||||
| 2016-05-10 | New Berlin | Pennsylvania | Playworld Systems Incorporated | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| At approximately 5:40 PM, on May 10, 2016, an employee was preparing to change a mold out from a machine. The employee was removing bolts from the new mold, which was held by a forklift, when the mold slipped. The employee's left index and middle fingers were crushed between the roughly 300-pound mold and the arm of the machine, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2015-11-04 | New Berlin | Wisconsin | Michels Corporation | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee working with a grout pump got his hand caught in the pump resulting in the amputation of his right hand. | |||||
| 2015-09-24 | New Berlin | Wisconsin | MCKEY PERFORATING CO., INC. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating the leveler machine when his glove got caught by a part going into the machine. He suffered an avulsion. | |||||
| 2015-08-01 | New Berlinville | Pennsylvania | BOYERTOWN FOUNDRY COMPANY | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| On 08/01/2015, at 0700 a.m., an employee was removing chilled iron from a cupola moat when he sustained burns to his hands, arms, and face. The employee drove the bucket loader into the moat after water was applied to hot sand, which caused steam to burn the employee. | |||||
| 2015-07-16 | New Berlin | Wisconsin | Denali Ingredients, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was moving a manual gate on a piece of equipment when the gate slipped from the employee's hand and pinched the left pinky finger between the gate bottom and equipment surface. This caused an amputation of the fingertip above the finger nail. | |||||
| 2015-01-27 | New Berlin | Wisconsin | Hader-Seitz, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee had the left pinky fingertip amputated while setting up material on a lathe. | |||||
| 2015-01-14 | New Berlin | Wisconsin | Hader-Seitz, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs |
| The employee went to step up on a platform that leads away from and around the work area. The employee tripped on the platform step (9 inches off of the floor) and landed on his right knee, breaking his femur. | |||||