| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-21 | Rice Lake | Wi | Marshfield Medical Clinic - Rice Lake | Upper and lower limb(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| On January 21, 2021, tripped on a monitoring cord while walking across an operating room. The employee fell to the floor, suffering a broken left femur and a dislocated right shoulder. | |||||
| 2020-10-08 | Rice Lake | Wi | MASTERCRAFT INDUSTRIES, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was brushing wood off a table saw. The saw amputated the employee's right index, middle, and ring fingers to the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2019-02-04 | Rice Lake | Wisconsin | Rice Lake Glass and Door Co., Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| On February 4, 2019, an employee was removing a sheet of aluminum from a pile of aluminum (~ 4 feet x 10 feet) when the aluminum sheets fell on the employee. The employee was pushed into a rack and pinned. Both legs were broken just under the knee caps. | |||||
| 2018-08-15 | Rice Lake | Wisconsin | Walmart, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| On August 15, 2018, an employee experienced a heat related illness while working as a cart collector. | |||||
| 2018-07-30 | Rice Lake | Wisconsin | BIRCHWOOD MANUFACTURING COMPANY | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was using an air stapler to staple bands on pallets. He tripped on the stapler's air hose and fell to the ground, fracturing his left femur. | |||||
| 2018-07-24 | Rice Lake | Wisconsin | MCCAIN FOODS USA, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was operating a carton sealing machine when a box lid got hung up on the advancer conveyor and jammed. The employee reached over to correct the jam, and the employee's finger contacted the conveyor or rollers. The pad of the employee's left middle finger was amputated. | |||||
| 2018-03-21 | Rice Lake | Wisconsin | AMERICAN EXCELSIOR COMPANY | Tooth (teeth) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was preparing to change knives on a wood cutting machine when the moving plate struck the guard that had the knife block resting on top of it. The movement of the plate launched the knife block into the air. The block then struck the employee, causing facial injuries and broken teeth. | |||||
| 2017-09-06 | Rice Lake | Wisconsin | JOHNSON TRUCK BODIES, LLC. | Head and neck | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| On September 9, 2017, an employee was using a table saw to cut plywood when the saw blade broke. Blade tip fragments flew up and struck the employee's face and neck, requiring surgery and hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-06-21 | Rice Lake | Wisconsin | AMERICAN EXCELSIOR COMPANY | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was changing the blades on a machine and using a knee switch to hold open the pocket where the blades were located. The employee's knee slipped off the switch, allowing the blades to amputated the employee's right ring fingertip. | |||||
| 2017-03-17 | Rice Lake | Wisconsin | Gordy's Market, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| On March 17, 2017, an employee was using a band saw to cut meat and suffered a pinky fingertip amputation and a laceration to the ring finger. Cut resistant gloves were worn at the time. | |||||
| 2017-03-09 | Rice Lake | Wisconsin | JOHNSON TRUCK BODIES, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| On March 9, 2017, an employee was maneuvering a steel frame close to the concrete floor when it slid off a block of wood that was supporting one end of the frame and struck the employee's right middle finger resulting in amputation of the fingertip. | |||||
| 2016-04-09 | Rice Lake | Wisconsin | MCCAIN FOODS USA, INC. | Brain | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| On or about Saturday, April 9, 2016, at 8:00 a.m., an employee fell from a yard spotter to the concrete, suffering head trauma. | |||||
| 2016-02-19 | Rice Lake | Wisconsin | JOHNSON TRUCK BODIES OF CARLISLE, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a drill press to drill holes in aluminum stock. When he adjusted the material, his finger contacted the rotating drill bit. His right index finger was amputated above the distal joint. | |||||
| 2015-09-24 | Rice Lake | Wisconsin | Quanex Building Products | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was cutting material with a double miter saw. While attempting to clear a piece of material from under the machine's housing, her left hand contacted the saw blade, amputating her finger at the second knuckle. | |||||
| 2015-03-10 | Rice Lake | Wisconsin | MARSHFIELD CLINIC | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was hospitalized overnight for observation after she slipped on ice while entering the building and broke her ankle/leg. | |||||