| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-05-08 | Reedsburg | Wisconsin | Grede Foundries Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was checking the belts on a commercial truck when the operator started the truck while the employee's hand was in the belts. When the truck started, the employee's right hand became caught between the belt and pulley, resulting in the amputation of his right index finger and middle finger. | |||||
| 2018-09-10 | Reedsburg | Wisconsin | American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was dumping a hopper when the hopper slid and amputated one of his fingertips. | |||||
| 2018-03-24 | Reedsburg | Wisconsin | American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was standing on the floor removing a sample of molten iron from a furnace. The sample cup became caught on the lip of the furnace and molten iron spilled onto the employee's aluminized pants, contacting his leg through a pocket opening. He received burns to the thigh, calf, and ankle. | |||||
| 2018-03-18 | Reedsburg | Wisconsin | Foremost Farms USA, Cooperative | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was attempting to close a valve on a milk transfer line when the valve snapped shut under pressure, closing on and partially amputating the employee's right ring fingertip. | |||||
| 2017-07-10 | Reedsburg | Wisconsin | LLB Investments, LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was climbing a ladder to exit a mechanic service pit when the ladder slipped out and he fell 3 feet. He hit the edge of the pit, which was made of concrete and metal, bruising his lower right side and breaking four ribs in his lower left side on the back. | |||||
| 2017-06-21 | Reedsburg | Wisconsin | Lakeside Foods, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| An employee was in a freezer cleaning up frozen peas that had ammonia trapped in them due to an earlier valve leak. As he shoveled the peas, the liquid in the peas expanded to vapor and he inhaled ammonia, suffering labored breathing and loss of consciousness. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-09-30 | Reedsburg | Wisconsin | Cellox LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was performing maintenance on a press when the press door closed on his finger, amputating the fingertip between the nailbed and first knuckle. | |||||
| 2015-08-31 | Reedsburg | Wisconsin | Grede Wisconsin Subsidiaries, LLC | Hand(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| At approximately 2:00 PM on 8/31/15, an employee was trying to retrieve the tip of a plunger that fell into a molten metal receiver. As he reached to retrieve the plunger, molten metal contacted and burned his left hand, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2015-03-03 | Reedsburg | Wisconsin | Seats, Inc. | Head | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| A robotic arm pinned an employee's head to a CNC machine while he was performing maintenance work. | |||||