Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-16 | Onalaska | Wi | Jo-Ann Stores, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was working at the cash register. When they bent down to tie their shoe, they lost balance and fell to the floor, resulting in a broken tibia. | |||||
2021-10-25 | Onalaska | Wi | Kwik Trip, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee opened a roller grill cabinet door to retrieve soup cups. After they removed the soup cups, they turned and fell over the door, resulting in a fractured right hip. | |||||
2019-01-15 | Onalaska | Wisconsin | Liberty Paper, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped and fell on ice in the parking lot and broke their left femur. | |||||
2016-08-10 | Onalaska | Wisconsin | L.B. White Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee's left-hand pinky finger was crushed between press dies, requiring a partial amputation. | |||||
2016-06-03 | Onalaska | Wisconsin | McHugh Excavating and Plumbing, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee and a coworker were lifting up a manhole to see the direction of a pipe. The lid was lifted and held vertically. Some dirt started to fall into the manhole, and the employee used his hand to brush it away so it did not fall into the manhole. The lid slipped off the tool and smashed the employee's left thumb between it and the casting, amputating the end of his left thumb. |