| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-13 | Sparta | Wi | Century Foods International, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| On 7/13/2021, an employee was carrying a conveyor roller while walking backward on a catwalk. The employee missed a step while going down the stairs, causing the employee to fall backward. The roller came down onto the employee's fifth digit on the right hand crushing it against the catwalk decking and fracturing it. | |||||
| 2021-03-10 | Sparta | Wi | Equity Cooperative Livestock Sales Association | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by animal |
| An employee was preparing to move a steer into the auction pen when a second steer knocked the employee to the ground. The employee sustained fractured neck vertebrae, lacerations to the head, and shoulder contusions. | |||||
| 2020-08-07 | Spartansburg | Pa | Clear Lake Lumber, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was working as a helper on a resaw line when a cant became skewed on the live roller deck, causing the cant to stop moving. The employee stepped onto the deck and corrected the alignment of the cant. He turned and was stepping down when he slipped, causing him to fall onto his right hip/leg. He fractured his right femur, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2020-07-06 | East Sparta | Ohio | Carter Jones Companies Inc | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was climbing down a ladder when it shifted. The employee fell and suffered a broken leg. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-06-05 | Sparta | Illinois | KORTE & LUITJOHAN CONTRACTORS, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was positioning a metal pipe to make a connection. He was holding on to one end of the pipe when a coworker went to move the pipe into place on the other end. The employee's left hand was caught between the pipe and a rock resulting in amputation of the index fingertip. | |||||
| 2019-04-08 | Sparta | Wisconsin | Century Foods International, LLC | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was tightening a clamp (using channel lock pliers) on a pasteurizer system when a leak was identified. The clamp fastener dislodged while turning and 240-degree liquid discharged onto the employee, causing burns to the waist, abdomen, legs, and knees. | |||||
| 2019-01-14 | Sparta | Georgia | FOWLER-FLEMISTER CONCRETE, INC. | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| On January 14, 2019, at 4:30 PM, an employee was standing on the back of a dump truck at a residential construction site when he slipped and fell onto a dirt surface, landing on and fracturing his left wrist. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-04-09 | Sparta | Georgia | BLOUNT SANFORD CONTRACTING COMPANY, INC. | Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee fell from a concrete catcher basket to rip rap (rock) and suffered a broken nose and contusion to the chest. | |||||
| 2018-04-02 | Sparta | Wisconsin | Century Foods International, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning a packaging machine when the machine started. The employee's right index finger was then caught between the machine's sealer bars, resulting in amputation. | |||||
| 2018-01-31 | Sparta | Wisconsin | Northern Engraving Corporation | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| While walking through a door opening, an employee slipped and fell to the ground, breaking a hip. The employee was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
| 2018-01-28 | Sparta | Wisconsin | Fort McCoy | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| While walking from the main wastewater treatment facility to an out building, an employee slipped on ice and fell. The employee's head struck the blacktop ground, suffering brain swelling. | |||||
| 2017-10-12 | Sparta | Wisconsin | All American Lumber, Inc. | Pelvis | Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet |
| An employee fell 20 feet while installing a metal roof, suffering a broken pelvis. | |||||
| 2017-02-05 | Sparta | Wisconsin | Century Foods International, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On 2/5/16, at approximately 6:12 p.m., an employee was checking to see if a plate was loose in a case packer when his hand entered a pinch point on the running machine. He suffered two fingertip amputations. | |||||
| 2017-02-01 | Sparta | Wisconsin | Northern Engraving Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a punch press and crushed a finger in the point of operation resulting in a partial amputation to the right index fingertip. | |||||
| 2015-12-11 | Sparta | Wisconsin | Century Foods International Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was standing on an eight foot ladder and fell resulting in a skull fracture above the left eye, a broken left wrist, and a broken nose. | |||||
| 2015-09-03 | Sparta | New Jersey | Sparta Tree Services | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was cutting a fallen tree limb when it became unstable, rolled, and knocked him off of a deck to the ground roughly 11 feet below. The employee sustained broken ribs. | |||||
| 2015-08-04 | Sparta | Illinois | SPARTAN LIGHT METAL PRODUCTS, INC. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| A metal ladle struck an employee in the back, resulting in burns. An interlock failed and the employee was not protected at the time. | |||||