| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-06-13 | Oshkosh | Wi | Pacur, LLC | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was using an 8-foot, A-frame ladder to clean the hopper of an extruder. He finished cleaning and fell less than 7 feet, from the ladder to the ground. The employee sustained a broken leg requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2021-04-27 | Oshkosh | Wi | Rockford Systems, LLC | Wrist(s) | Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode |
| An employee was manually pulling a safety guard from a stack of safety guards and felt a pop in his right wrist. The employee was later hospitalized, suffering from wrist pain, swelling, and cellulitis with a possible ruptured tendon. | |||||
| 2020-09-18 | Oshkosh | Wi | Amcor Flexibles North America | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was troubleshooting a knockout punch and suffered a partial distal phalanx amputation of the right ring finger. | |||||
| 2020-08-31 | Oshkosh | Wi | Westgate Cups | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was operating a machine that worked with extruded plastic. The grinder attached to the machine became clogged and the employee stopped the machine to unclog the grinder. As he was clearing the jam, the grinder motor was still winding down and the still rotating blades inside the equipment amputated multiple fingers. | |||||
| 2020-08-10 | Oshkosh | Wi | Pepsi Beverages Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee opened a T-handle valve on a tanker truck. The running pump caused the valve to slam shut on the employee's left ring finger, amputating the tip. | |||||
| 2020-05-13 | Oshkosh | Wisconsin | EDCI | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee fell from the top of a stack of paper rolls, landing 11 feet below and breaking his right hip in three places. | |||||
| 2020-03-30 | Oshkosh | Wisconsin | Oshkosh Defense LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a tool to tighten lug nuts on a truck. The tool's reaction bar rotated counterclockwise, pinching the employee's left index finger against the truck wheel. The finger was partially amputated. | |||||
| 2020-03-15 | Oshkosh | Nebraska | Turner Enterprises, Inc. | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Trampled by or stepped on by animal |
| An employee was moving bison heifers into a pen. The group of bison turned around and ran towards the employee, knocking him down and stepping on him. The employee sustained an abrasion on his armpit. | |||||
| 2020-02-07 | Oshkosh | Wisconsin | Radtke Contractors Inc. | Multiple trunk locations | Struck bump, hole, rough terrain on driving surface, nonroadway |
| An employee was driving an off-road dump truck at a construction site. The truck went into a hole in a snow-covered area; the employee suffered cracked ribs and a punctured lung and spleen. | |||||
| 2019-07-14 | Oshkosh | Wisconsin | Amcor South | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was threading the web on a coater machine. While verifying the tape on the silicon roll was under the web, the employee noticed contamination (scrap film) on the coater drum and attempted to remove it. The employee's left hand was caught in an ingoing nip point and was degloved. | |||||
| 2019-05-25 | Oshkosh | Wisconsin | Bemis Converter Films | Brain | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was changing the machine to another job and filling the tank with water. Her foot was caught on the machine as she turned the valve. She lost balance and fell backwards striking her head on the ground. The employee was hospitalized for a concussion. | |||||
| 2019-05-10 | Oshkosh | Wisconsin | Hoffmaster Group Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee wearing cut resistant gloves was utilizing a retractable knife when the knife slipped resulting in a partial amputation to the left thumb. | |||||
| 2019-04-01 | Oshkosh | Wisconsin | Brickham Machining Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On April 1, 2019, an employee was bending tubes on a CNC tube bending machine when the employee's finger was caught between the dies and material, resulting in an amputation. | |||||
| 2019-03-05 | Oshkosh | Wisconsin | Multicircuits Inc. | Multiple head locations | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was standing between the carriage and the machine frame to change a water rinse bath on an auto plating line. The carriage began moving and the employee's head was crushed between the carriage and the plating line frame, causing a skull fracture and a partial ear avulsion. | |||||
| 2018-09-26 | Oshkosh | Wisconsin | Muza Metal Products, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On September 26, 2018, an employee was using a hardware insertion machine to repair a bent metal panel. The employee was holding some scrap metal (being used to help flatten the panel) when the machine's downward-acting plunger engaged with the panel. The employee's right second finger was pinched, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2018-08-31 | Oshkosh | Wisconsin | Ideal Crane Rental Inc | Upper arm(s) | Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway |
| An employee was operating a boom lift in reverse when he hit a parked mobile crane. His left arm was pinched between the basket guardrail and the crane, fracturing it above the elbow. | |||||
| 2018-07-25 | Oshkosh | Wisconsin | Caraustar Industries | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| On July 25, 2018, an employee was reaching around a tube to back a wax applicator out because it was applying too much wax when the employee's finger was caught between the wax applicator and the tube, resulting in a distal amputation to the right index fingertip. The equipment was unguarded at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2018-07-18 | Oshkosh | Wisconsin | MDI of Wisconsin | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a mechanical punch press, which caught the employee's left middle finger. The employee suffered a partial amputation of the finger. | |||||
| 2018-06-19 | Oshkosh | Wisconsin | Oshkosh Coil Spring, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was grinding a piece of round stock when their glove got caught in the moving pedestal grinder and pulled into the grinding wheel. The employee suffered a broken fingertip resulting in surgical amputation. | |||||
| 2018-05-09 | Oshkosh | Wisconsin | Quality Paints & Coatings | Forearm(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was prepping a part for painting with an abrasive blaster when he lost control of the blaster and the blasting media contacted his left forearm. Sand was used as the abrasive media. | |||||
| 2018-05-01 | Oshkosh | Wisconsin | Brickham Stamping Company, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a pneumatic shear and pushed a sheet of metal into place on the shear. He was holding the metal as the material hold-downs came down. His right pinky finger slid underneath the fixed guarding on the front of the shear. The shear was actuated via the foot control and his right pinky finger was pinched by the material hold-down, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2018-01-31 | Oshkosh | Wisconsin | BEMIS CO., INC., SPECIALTY FILMS | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was kneeling on the floor and raising a hoist with a roller, using the pendant to change a roller at the bottom of a press. The employee's left hand was on top of the hoist rail when he raised the hoist using a pendant, and his left pinky finger was pinched between the hoist rail and the machine's frame, amputating the fingertip. | |||||
| 2017-09-19 | Oshkosh | Wisconsin | JNP Delivery, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee was loading packages into a truck. As he picked up a box to put on a shelf, pet odor removal powder poured out of a hole in the box and contacted his body. He had an allergic reaction, suffering hives and respiratory distress. He was hospitalized overnight. | |||||
| 2017-08-28 | Oshkosh | Wisconsin | Oshkosh Defense | Foot (feet) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| On August 28, 2017, an employee was loading a steel basket with wheel-end components that needed to be cleaned. When he raised the basket with his hoist, the basket slipped off and crushed his left foot. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-08-28 | Oshkosh | Wisconsin | Oshkosh Defense | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| On August 28, 2017, an employee was installing a tire carrier through rework, which required inserting a pin into a part. He was inserting the pin when the holes became misaligned and the part moved, pinching and amputating his left index fingertip between the hole and a bracket. | |||||
| 2017-06-12 | Oshkosh | Wisconsin | Arrowhead Conveyor Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a hydraulic clamp to clamp a part into an automated saw machine when the hydraulic clamp moved horizontally and pinched/crushed the employee's left thumb between the clamp and some metal parts, amputating the tip. | |||||
| 2017-01-12 | Oshkosh | Wisconsin | Aurora Healthcare | Lumbar region | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
| On January 12, 2017, an employee was loading a box of water into a company vehicle. When he bent over to pick up the water, he injured his lower back. | |||||
| 2017-01-05 | Oshkosh | Nebraska | Lone Creek Cattle Company | Leg(s) | Thrown, fell, or jumped from animal being ridden |
| An employee was herding cattle while on horseback when the horse slipped on ice and fell, landing on and breaking the employee's leg. | |||||
| 2016-09-26 | Oshkosh | Wisconsin | Oshkosh Defense LLC | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached |
| An employee was loosening bolts on an axle when it swung down and pinched the employee's finger between the axle and fixture, amputating the right pinky fingertip to the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2016-09-25 | Oshkosh | Wisconsin | Aurora Health Care | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode |
| An employee bent over to pick up a tourniquet and felt a pop in her back and sharp pain down her left leg. | |||||
| 2016-09-19 | Oshkosh | Nebraska | Cabela's Incorporated | Forearm(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was leaving a work station in a processing area and was backing up when her heel was caught on the edge of a wood pallet. She lost her balance, tripped, and fell. While trying to catch herself with her left hand, she broke her left forearm in five places, requiring overnight hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-07-27 | Oshkosh | Wisconsin | PTS CONTRACTORS, INC. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| On July 27, 2016, an employee was cutting a sewer's lateral pipe in a trench when a backhoe bucket pushed two pipes onto the employee's foot. His left foot was crushed between the pipes, requiring surgery for broken toe bones. | |||||
| 2016-05-07 | Oshkosh | Wisconsin | Supple GC Oshkosh, LLC. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Ingestion of harmful substance |
| An employee ingested degreaser that was placed in a cup and handed to him for cleaning the grill. The employee's esophagus was burned and the employee underwent surgery. | |||||
| 2016-04-07 | Oshkosh | Wisconsin | Oshkosh Coil Spring, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On 04-07-16, an employee was adjusting/operating a coil machine when two looping blocks came together and pinched the employee's finger, amputating the left index fingertip. | |||||
| 2015-12-23 | Oshkosh | Wisconsin | Lapham-Hickey Steel | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was loading pallets onto a truck. The pallet hooks shifted and pinched the employee's finger between the pallet and the hook resulting in a partial amputation of the right middle fingertip. | |||||
| 2015-11-25 | Oshkosh | Wisconsin | BEMIS FLEXIBLE PKG DIV MILPRINT | Ankle(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| On November 25, 2015, an employee was loading a 1300 lb. roll of plastic onto a roll stand using an overhead hoist. The roll struck the frame of the press, bounced out of the sling, and struck the employee breaking three ankle bones. | |||||
| 2015-10-16 | Oshkosh | Wisconsin | Swanson Wiper Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| The employee was trying to clear a paper jam in the machine and caught his finger in the chain and sprocket resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2015-09-02 | Oshkosh | Wisconsin | Northern Concrete Construction Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| On September 2, 2015, an employee was setting up garage door headers using a hand trowel when he began to experience cramping. He was hospitalized overnight due to heat exhaustion and dehydration. | |||||
| 2015-05-08 | Oshkosh | Wisconsin | Oshkosh Coil Spring, Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On May 8, 2015, an employee was putting an additional bend into a double torsion spring at a large servio table (wire bender) machine. He put his left hand on top of the part, and his left finger got caught between the bending mechanism (steel block) and the stationary block. He suffered a left ring finger amputation. | |||||
| 2015-02-16 | Oshkosh | Wisconsin | Alro Steel Corporation | Head | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| Employee was struck on the side of the head by metal that fell off a flat bed trailer he was loading. | |||||