Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2016-04-25 | Viroqua | Wisconsin | Driftless Meats & More LLC | Nonclassifiable | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
An employee was pinned against a steel pen by a driver backing up her vehicle. The employee suffered crushing injuries that required hospitalization. | |||||
2015-09-28 | Viroqua | Wisconsin | Staab Construction Corporation | Multiple body parts | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
On September 28, 2015, at approximately 9:10 a.m., a crane was being used to move a rebar mat into position when one of the lifting straps failed, causing the mat to fall. An employee was beneath the mat as it fell; he became pinned, sustaining broken legs, a punctured lung, and facial lacerations. |