Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-08-28 | Verona | Ms | Style-Line Furn., Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a miter saw and amputated two fingers and the thumb on their right hand. | |||||
2021-03-22 | Verona | Pa | American Beverage Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was recovering loose straws between the roller and the drive bar on a packer/case sealer. The employee's left little finger was caught between the roller and the drive bar, leading to an amputation of 1 centimeter of the fingertip. | |||||
2021-03-01 | Verona | Wi | Heartwood Construction LLC | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was climbing a 6-foot ladder from a 3-foot crawlspace up into the living room level. The ladder moved as he stepped off, causing him to fall to the floor. The employee suffered a dislocated and torn hip socket. | |||||
2020-02-10 | Verona | Pennsylvania | American Beverage Corporation | Forehead | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee was hand stacking cases when he tripped and fell forward, hitting his head on a lab station desk. He was hospitalized with a forehead contusion. | |||||
2019-04-01 | Verona | Mississippi | MTD Consumer Products | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs |
An employee was stepping up on concrete stairs and slipped and fell on the stairs. She fractured her right femur. | |||||
2019-03-25 | Verona | Mississippi | MTD Consumer Group INC. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle |
A press operator was helping to change out a press stamping die. The die was rolled from the press and onto a cart; the press operator's left ring finger was pinched between the die and the cart, sustaining a partial fingertip amputation. | |||||
2018-07-18 | Verona | Wisconsin | Maple Leaf, Inc. | Leg(s) | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
On July 18, 2018, the injured employee was operating a stand-up commercial riding mower. At approximately 2:15 p.m. a skid steer driven by a second employee collided with the riding mower. The injured employee was knocked to the ground during the collision. Immediately after falling off the mower, the employee was run over by the skid steer causing multiple leg fractures and lacerations. | |||||
2018-04-11 | Verona | Mississippi | FXI, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was preparing to position foam to the table of a foam cutter and slipped from a 17 inch high 4x4 inch square tubing barrier used as a step resulting in a fractured ankle. | |||||
2018-03-14 | Verona | Pennsylvania | Familylinks, Inc. | Multiple head locations | Multiple violent acts by other person |
An employee was physically beaten by a patient including having a pot of boiling water thrown at her. The employee sustained a concussion, third degree burns and facial lacerations requiring sutures. | |||||
2017-08-08 | Verona | Missouri | Tyson Aurora Feed Mill | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On August 8, 2017, an employee was unloading feed from a truck to bins when an auger arm exiting the truck became bogged down. As he went to open or close the door of the auger, his left hand was caught in the auger, amputating his index, middle, and ring fingers and crushing his pinky finger. | |||||
2017-03-21 | Verona | Pennsylvania | Catholic Cemeteries Association | Pelvis | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was moving plywood with a cart and a tractor when a stack of plywood fell on him, fracturing his pelvis. | |||||
2015-04-23 | Verona | Wisconsin | Bertram Drilling, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee's finger was crushed by a piece of falling casing material. As a result, his finger was later amputated at the first knuckle. | |||||
2015-03-31 | Verona | Wisconsin | J.P. Cullen & Sons | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet |
A mason employee fell more than 40 feet from the roof of a building after hitting a hydro-mobile while coming off the roof. The employee was wearing a harness and had retractable fall protection available at the time of the incident. | |||||
2015-03-02 | Verona | Wisconsin | Bertram Drilling, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was working on a pipe with a breakout wrench when it slipped and severed his left ring fingertip. |