| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-07-09 | Sussex | Wisconsin | Natures Path Foods | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was training a new operator when a machine jammed. The employee had used an adjustable wrench to remove bolts and was clearing the machine when its moving parts amputated three fingertips on her left hand. | |||||
| 2020-03-31 | Sussex | Wisconsin | Quad Graphics | Leg(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| Two electricians/journeyman mechanics were doing preventative maintenance on a high-density storage system, an aisle with two cranes. They were preparing to lubricate the chains on one of the cranes. One of them was on the lift station, seated above the crane on a cross-support bar to perform lubrication and test the vertical limit switch. He tripped the vertical limit switch to begin the work. The crane and the lift station began to move up, and his right leg was pinned and broken between the f | |||||
| 2020-03-19 | Sussex | Wisconsin | Holtger Bros. Inc | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was spooling out cable with a power winch. There was slack in the cable. The winch was put into forward, then reverse; the cable tensed and caught the employee's finger against the metal housing. The employee's fingertip was amputated (without bone loss). | |||||
| 2017-08-14 | Sussex | Wisconsin | GORDY'S CONCRETE PUMPING SERVICE INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using an impact wrench when it amputated his left pinky finger at the first joint. | |||||
| 2016-08-17 | Sussex | Wisconsin | The Prestwick Group, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On or about August 17, 2016, an employee was using a router when the piece slipped and amputated the employee's left middle finger. | |||||
| 2016-06-27 | Sussex | Wisconsin | QUAD/TECH, INC. | Knee(s) | Slip without fall, n.e.c. |
| An employee slipped on a piece of wire covering. He twisted his knee, fracturing his patella and tearing a tendon. He was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
| 2015-11-24 | Sussex | Wisconsin | Nature's Path USA II LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| While attempting to clean a jet foam airlock, an employee's fingertips were struck and amputated by the spinning part ("squirrel cage") of the airlock. | |||||
| 2015-08-06 | Sussex | Wisconsin | The Prestwick Group, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee operating a table saw came into contact with the saw blade causing a finger amputation. | |||||
| 2015-07-28 | Sussex | New Jersey | Nelson Tree Services Inc | Pelvis | Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet |
| An employee engaged in tree cutting and trimming with a chainsaw fell approximately 30 feet to the ground below when his support rope was cut. He fractured his pelvis. | |||||
| 2015-02-10 | Sussex | New Jersey | C & E Tire, Inc. | Wrist(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| An employee was injured while mounting a small tire. The rim split and the tire struck the employee. The employee received lacerations to his face and fractures to his right wrist. He was transported to Morristown Hospital and admitted for treatment. | |||||