| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-06-09 | Tomah | Wisconsin | Brickl Bros Inc | Multiple body parts | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was climbing down a wall. The wooden cross-bracing failed when the employee stepped on it, and the employee fell 10-12 feet. The employee suffered a broken left kneecap and a broken nose, and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-08-29 | Tomah | Wisconsin | Brickl Bros Inc | BODY SYSTEMS | Stings and venomous bites |
| A bee stung an employee in the head as he put on his hard hat. He had an allergic reaction and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-08-19 | Tomahawk | Wisconsin | Riverview Health Services | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Overexertion and bodily reaction |
| An employee was preparing a food cart when the employee suffered an abdominal strain, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2019-08-08 | Tomah | Wisconsin | Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. | Brain | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was bending down into a receiving bin retrieving boxes when an empty box slid down the chute and hit the employee in the back of the head. The employee was hospitalized with swelling of an arterial vessel. | |||||
| 2018-08-17 | Tomah | Wisconsin | Brickl Bros., Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a battery-powered circular saw to cut material on a shipping crate when the saw kicked back and the blade made contact with his finger, resulting in a finger amputation. | |||||
| 2018-03-28 | Tomahawk | Wisconsin | Great Lakes Foods of Tomahawk | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
| An employee fell approximately 15 to 20 feet from a ladder while changing words on a billboard sign in the front parking lot. The employee impacted the pavement below, injuring an artery and breaking both wrists, a femur, and a rib. | |||||
| 2018-01-17 | Tomah | Wisconsin | The Toro Company | Lumbar region | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee climbed onto a mower that was raised 18 inches on a final assembly platform to install a steering wheel. As the employee was climbing down from the mower, her foot missed the 18-inch platform and she fell to the concrete plant floor, fracturing her L4 vertebra. | |||||
| 2017-10-02 | Tomah | Wisconsin | The Toro Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was using a manipulator/hoist to lift a mower deck off an assembly table when the mower blade became caught on an attachment on the table. The table then lifted with the blade as the deck was rising. The employee went to push the table back down and release it from the blade. At the same time, the controls were activated to lower the manipulator/hoist. The employee's left thumb was then pinched between the table and the manipulator/hoist, amputating the distal portion of the thumb ju | |||||
| 2017-05-04 | Tomah | Wisconsin | The Toro Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was repairing a damaged pallet racking and pinched the right index finger between the concrete floor and a metal plate resulting in amputation of the finger above the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2017-02-21 | Tomahawk | Wisconsin | Daigle Brothers, Inc. | Upper and lower limb(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was helping to remove tie-downs on a flatbed trailer when two steel frames fell on him, fracturing his left leg and left wrist. | |||||
| 2017-02-10 | Tomah | Wisconsin | The Toro Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
| On February 10, 2017, an employee was performing functional tests on a lawnmower. The engine was running, but the drive belts for the mower were not engaged or moving. At approximately 8:15 a.m., the employee was walking near the mower when he tripped and fell. As he fell, his right hand contacted a sharp area where the belt met a pulley and his right index finger was de-gloved. | |||||
| 2016-04-28 | Tomah | Wisconsin | Keene's Transfer, Inc. | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
| An employee was walking outside when a coworker backed a trailer into him, knocking him to the ground and running over his right leg. | |||||
| 2015-08-31 | Tomah | Wisconsin | Mars Petcare US, Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was transferring two metal bins half full of product to the mill area for production using a forklift truck. As he exited the truck to open the bin door, the bin fell on top of him, crushing the lower half of his body and breaking one leg. | |||||
| 2015-08-11 | Tomah | Wisconsin | Universal Sanitary Equipment Mfg. Co., Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
| An employee had the tips of two fingers amputated when a sheet of steel fell on his left hand as he was feeding a roll former. | |||||
| 2015-03-25 | Tomah | Wisconsin | Walmart Distribution Center (6085) | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was operating a stand-up, powered pallet jack in an ice cream freezer. While turning the pallet jack, the employee's foot got pinched between the pallet jack and storage racking, amputating part of the left big toe. The employee's left foot was hanging outside of the rider platform at the time of the incident. | |||||