| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-22 | Superior | Mt | Aucker Builders | Thigh(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
| An employee was limbing and bucking logs when he was struck by a log that a log loader was moving to the road. The employee sustained a broken femur. | |||||
| 2021-07-26 | Superior | Wi | Newtron, LLC | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee fell from a scaffold ladder while climbing down. The employee landed on concrete about 13-14 feet below, suffering a broken tailbone, two broken back vertebrae, and a broken left ankle. | |||||
| 2021-03-30 | Superior | Wi | LAKEHEAD CONSTRUCTORS, INC. | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| On March 30, 2021, an employee walked across an insulated concrete blanket at a work site. He slipped and fell on the blanket, suffering a femur fracture above the right knee, and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-06-05 | Superior | Colorado | JMG Concrete Services, LLC | Skull | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was retrieving formwork materials off a pickup truck. He fell to the ground and suffered a skull fracture. | |||||
| 2019-02-21 | Superior | Wisconsin | Fraser Shipyards, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| On February 21, 2019, an employee was guiding a load of steel that was being moved from a flatbed truck to the ground by a crane. As the load was about four feet from the ground, a rigging failure caused the steel to buckle and strike the employee. The employee was launched into the air about 15-20 feet. The employee sustained a broken arm, collar bone and pelvis. | |||||
| 2018-05-29 | Superior | Wisconsin | CERES TERMINALS, INC. | Lower leg(s) | Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle |
| On May 29, 2018, at approximately 9:00 a.m., an employee was on board a cargo vessel tending loading spouts when the employee leaned against a man cage. The man cage fell on the employee causing a fractured tibia. | |||||
| 2018-03-31 | Superior | Wisconsin | Superior Refining Company LLC | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee slipped and fell on ice in the parking lot. He injured his knee and required surgery. | |||||
| 2017-07-31 | Superior | Wisconsin | C&L CONTRACTING, INC. | Lower leg(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was starting the main compressor and checking it to see if it was operating correctly. The main airline supply hose, which comes from the air dryer to the sandblasting pot, came off and struck the employee in the lower right leg, resulting in a fractured tibia and fibula. | |||||
| 2017-07-12 | Superior | Wisconsin | Barko Hydraulics, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| On July 12, 2017, an employee was using a wrench to remove a line plug from a hydraulic cylinder while it was resting in a wooden cradle (block) on top of a machine's sub-frame. The wrench breaking the line plug loose created a jarring motion that caused the 620-pound hydraulic cylinder to shift and fall (3.5 feet) off the elevated surface and onto the employee's lower leg, fracturing the right tibia. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-08-08 | Superior | Colorado | Safeway | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was walking from one area to another when she slipped and fell onto her left hip. She was hospitalized with a wrist injury and a fractured left hip. | |||||
| 2016-08-03 | Superior | Wisconsin | Fraser Shipyards, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on water vehicle |
| On August 3, 2016, at approximately 5:30 p.m., while moving from one site on the vessel to another, an employee crawled to the edge of a hatch opening, crawled over the pipe railing, and fell 8 feet into the cargo hold. The employee injured four ribs and suffered a shoulder contusion and a possible bruised lung. | |||||
| 2016-03-03 | Superior | Colorado | Sierra Steel, Inc. | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet |
| On March 3, 2016, at approximately 3:15 p.m., an employee fell 32 feet from a roof while installing metal panels. The employee suffered broken ribs and a broken pelvis, as well as a hand laceration. | |||||
| 2015-08-08 | Superior | Wisconsin | Walmart | Knee(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was doing inventory in the Lawn and Garden area. A box fell and pushed her off a ladder. She fell three to four feet and fractured her knee. | |||||
| 2015-05-26 | Superior | Wisconsin | RJS CONSTRUCTION GROUP LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was working on a pallet dismantler machine when his right hand was caught in the machine while removing a piece of wood that was causing a jam. The tip of the employee's right thumb was amputated as a result. | |||||
| 2015-05-15 | Superior | Wisconsin | Calumet Superior, LLC. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| Two employees were installing plastic on a strainer basket inside of a reactor 30' high when the basket slipped and pulled in one employee's glove and middle finger. Approximately 1/4" of the employee's left middle fingertip was amputated. The basket is made of steel and is shaped like a small garbage can measuring 2' x 1.5' and weighing 200 pounds. | |||||