Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-04-20 | Walworth | Wisconsin | Synagro WWT, Inc | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was climbing down from a front-end loader when his foot slipped on a lower step. He fell about 4 feet to the ground below, suffering a broken fibula. | |||||
2019-05-09 | Walworth | Wisconsin | Miniature Precision Components, Inc. | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was standing on the doorway less than four feet high while setting up a press. The employee was stepping across tie bars and fell to the floor below. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured femur and wrist. | |||||
2018-08-25 | Walworth | Wisconsin | Miniature Precision Components, Inc. | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was working to free a press feed that became stuck when hot plastic resin contacted the employee's left hand, causing a second degree burn to the palm and fingers. Personal protective equipment was not worn at the time of the incident. | |||||
2016-01-21 | Walworth | Wisconsin | MaxPax, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On January 21, 2016, an employee was helping a coworker clear a packaging machine that became jammed with plastic bags. When he reached for a bag, his right thumb was crushed at the point of operation where the bags were cut into individual product packages. His right thumb broke and sustained tendon damage, requiring hospitalization. The machine was not locked out or guarded at the time of the incident. |