DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2021-09-25RhinelanderWiAirPro Fan & Blower CompanyFingertip(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was balancing a fan wheel. As he tried to slow or stop the wheel, his right hand was pulled into a belt running on a shaft. His index fingertip was amputated.
2021-07-03RhinelanderWiLake Shore Systems, Inc.Fingertip(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a CNC bandsaw with an automatic material loading shuttle and clamping mechanism. The wood that the machine was shuttling into the clamping area was tipping, and the employee reached over to stabilize it for the clamp. The clamp closed on the employee's right index finger and amputated the fingertip.
2021-04-02RhinelanderWiAhlstrom-MunksjoBODY SYSTEMSExposure to environmental heat
An employee was at his locker, gathering his equipment when he began feeling ill. The employee went into the cooling room to sit for approximately 20 minutes. The employee left the cooling room to report to his supervisor that he was feeling unwell. While his supervisor was talking to him, the employee collapsed in the supervisor's office and was unresponsive. The employee was hospitalized for heat stress.
2020-01-02RhinelanderWisconsinAhlstrom Munksjo Rhinelander LLCLower leg(s)Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was using his hands to push and slide a paper roll onto the forks of a forklift when the operator inadvertently hit a button in the cab and the forks started to raise, causing the roll to move towards the employee. The employee began to run/jump out of the way when the roll struck the employee and pinched his leg against a second roll that was sitting on the floor behind him. He suffered a left fibula fracture.
2016-05-04RhinelanderWisconsinTERRA ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION CORP.Fingertip(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee suffered a left index fingertip amputation while clearing a clogged grout pump.
2015-12-03RhinelanderWisconsinMinistry Health CareBODY SYSTEMSMultiple types of overexertion involving outside sources
Employee experienced a heart attack while shoveling snow.
2015-11-24RhinelanderWisconsinUSPSEye(s)Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee tripped and fell over a floor mat that was rolled up on the floor near the locker room entrance. The employee struck the wall and fractured their right-eye orbital bone.
2015-04-14RhinelanderWisconsinMenard, Inc.Foot (feet) and ankle(s)Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was moving a PIV when their foot got caught between the PIV and a bollard. The employee injured the foot and ankle.