| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-06-02 | Portage | Wi | Portage Plastics Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Direct exposure to electricity |
| An employee was fixing a grinder. The space was limited and he could not open the grinder electrical door all the way. After checking voltage and replacing a fuse, he stood up to shut the main disconnect off and the cabinet door shut slowly, pushing his hand inside and shocking him. He was then held to the grinder. He was shocked, resulting in the amputation of his left pinky and ring fingers, as well as a thumb injury that required a skin graft. | |||||
| 2021-05-11 | Portageville | Ny | Fillmore Greenhouses Inc | Leg(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was performing maintenance on an unloading machine when it started up and the pusher bar activated and fractured both of the employee's legs. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-04-07 | Portage | Wi | Contech Engineered Solutions LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was riveting two pipes together using a rivet machine when the rivet hammer activated and crushed the employee's left index finger. The injury resulted in an amputation. | |||||
| 2021-03-24 | Portage | Wi | Trienda Holdings, L.L.C. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| Two employees were removing a broken drive chain that weighted approximately 70 lbs. from a sprocket on a bottom plate motor. The injured employee's hand slipped from the oil on the chain and their right thumb was pinched between the chain and sprocket causing a partial thumb amputation. | |||||
| 2021-01-11 | Portage | Wi | Encapsys LLC | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| Two employees were attempting to fix a hot water line leak. While they were putting the valve and gasket back in place, hot water sprayed them. One of them suffered second-degree burns to the forehead and arm and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-05-20 | Portage | Wisconsin | Morski Brands, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a processing line. He was moving to insert a drain plug into a hopper, below an auger, when his left middle finger slipped into the drain hole. The auger amputated his fingertip. | |||||
| 2020-03-16 | Portage | Wisconsin | TA Operating LLC | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| While preparing to mop the area an employee stepped over a case of water bottles, tripped, and fell to the ground resulting in fractures to the left wrist and hip. | |||||
| 2019-06-19 | Portage | Wisconsin | Trienda Holdings, L.L.C. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee unscrewed a platen collar during set-up. The vibration of the thermoformer caused the platen to shift and fall on the employee's finger, amputating the tip (without bone loss). | |||||
| 2019-01-01 | Portage | Wisconsin | Dutch Valley Food Distributors, Inc. | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| On January 1, 2019, a truck driver slipped on an icy parking lot and fell to the ground, striking their head and losing consciousness. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-09-26 | Portage | Wisconsin | Contech Engineered Solutions LLC | Pelvis | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee dismounted a forklift to secure pipes in a row when a pipe rolled off a rack and hit his pelvic region, causing fractures to the right side of his pelvis. | |||||
| 2018-09-05 | Portage | Wisconsin | Associated Milk Producers, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was changing a roll of film on a bagging machine when the employee's left hand was caught between the machine's belt and guard, resulting in a partial amputation to the left index finger and a laceration to the left middle finger. | |||||
| 2018-07-10 | Portage | Wisconsin | AMPI Associated Milk Producers Inc | Foot (feet) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was helping a process cook set up a process line. The employee's left foot entered a food contact tub, containing water heated to 180 degrees Fahrenheit. The employee suffered second-degree (and possible some third-degree) burns to the foot. | |||||
| 2018-07-10 | Portage | Pennsylvania | Pro Disposal Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee finished loading a truck with trash and was securing a winch to the truck when the employee's finger was caught between the winch and truck, amputating a portion of the left ring finger. | |||||
| 2018-04-24 | Portage | Wisconsin | Trienda Holdings, L.L.C. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet |
| While transferring a plastic sheet onto a pallet, an employee fell 7 feet into a grinder pit due to an unfastened floor plate. The employee suffered three broken ribs, a punctured lung, and a broken scapula. | |||||
| 2017-02-09 | Portage | Wisconsin | United States Postal Service | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| On February 9, 2017, an employee was delivering mail to a customer's home. As she made the turn onto the home's front sidewalk, she slipped on ice and fell to the ground, fracturing her right fibula and dislocating her ankle. | |||||
| 2017-02-06 | Portage | Wisconsin | Penda Corporation | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was on a ladder turning a hot water valve when the valve threads stripped and caused hot water to spray the employee. He fell about 5 feet to the concrete floor below, breaking two ribs. | |||||
| 2017-01-06 | Portage | Wisconsin | TriEnda Holdings, L.L.C. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was retrieving a plastic part from inside a cooling tunnel when her finger became caught in a conveyor nip point, amputating her right middle fingertip. | |||||
| 2016-03-04 | Portage | Wisconsin | TriEnda Holdings, LLC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
| An employee was entering the building and was reaching for the closing door when his finger was caught between the door and door jam, causing a soft tissue amputation of his left-hand ring finger. | |||||
| 2015-10-20 | Portage Des Sioux | Missouri | Hager's Raccoon Ranch | Shoulder(s) and arm(s) | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
| An employee was operating an ATV on a gravel road that was recently graded, when the vehicle tipped over and pinned the employee's arm to the ground. The employee sustained a fracture to his upper left arm and wrist and a dislocated shoulder. | |||||
| 2015-10-19 | Portage | Wisconsin | Portage Plastics Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was clearing a jam in a plastic grinder while the machine was running and three fingers were amputated. The machine was not locked out. | |||||
| 2015-06-10 | Portage | Wisconsin | Penda Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee suffered a partial amputation of the left ring finger while checking a hoist in the maintenance department. | |||||
| 2015-04-18 | Portage | Wisconsin | The State Group Industrial (USA) Limited | Brain | Nonclassifiable |
| An employee working at a pump station was hospitalized after being found unconscious on a metal staircase. He was treated for a concussion and shoulder and hip contusions. | |||||
| 2015-01-27 | Portage | Wisconsin | Penda Corporation | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On January 27, 2015, an employee's hand was injured when he reached into a piece of equipment to remove a jam, resulting in hospitalization. | |||||
| 2015-01-07 | Portage | Michigan | U.S. POSTAL SERVICE | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| Employee fell on ice and struck his head while delivering a parcel. | |||||