Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-15	Waukesha	Wi	Johnson Controls Inc.	Arm(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was inspecting a fire sprinkler system when he lost his balance and fell 6 feet from an A-frame ladder to the ground below, resulting in a fractured right arm.
2021-06-29	Waukesha	Wi	Eaton Cooper Power Systems	Fingertip(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was using a manual assembler device when he suffered a fingertip amputation.
2021-04-29	Waukesha	Wi	Berghammer Corporation	Head and trunk	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 16 to 20 feet
An employee was pouring a concrete floor deck. The decking collapsed and the employee fell about 20 feet to the ground, suffering broken ribs, a broken skull, and a back fracture.
2021-04-12	Waukesha	Wi	Terex Services	Lumbar region	Standing, standing up-single episode
An employee suffered a lower back strain while standing up from a work stool.
2021-03-05	Waukesha	Wi	SPX Transformer Solutions, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was working on top of a powered scaffold, adjusting the rigging for a transformer coil assembly. He fell between the unit and the scaffold platform to the floor 11 feet, 10 inches below. He was hospitalized.
2020-09-24	Waukesha	Wi	Genco Industries, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee's right middle fingertip was amputated while working on a crimping machine.
2020-08-16	Waukesha	Wi	SPX Transformer Solutions, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee had attached crane rigging to a transformer coil and was adjusting an outrigger block. The crane activated and the employee's left thumb was caught between the crane block and the rigging. The thumb tip was amputated.
2020-07-29	Waukesha	Wisconsin	The Gund Company, Inc.	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was pulling product through a machine. The employee's hand was crushed when the puller cycled. The machine was not guarded or locked out/tagged out at the time.
2020-07-18	Waukesha	Wisconsin	Woodman's Food Market, Inc	Ankle(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was maneuvering a pallet of produce when it began to tip over. Produce fell off the pallet onto his right ankle causing a contusion.
2020-06-08	Waukesha	Wisconsin	Ray Precision Threadrolling	Scalp	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a thread-rolling machine. Her hair got caught in the machine and her scalp was removed.
2020-04-16	Waukesha	Wisconsin	Superior Crane Corp	Pelvis	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
An employee was moving a 65-foot-long beam with cranes when one end of the beam swung around and pinned the employee between it and another beam. The employee sustained a pelvic fracture that required hospitalization.
2019-08-23	Waukesha	Wisconsin	MetalTek International, Inc.	Arm(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was changing out an empty tote of wash for a full tote in a foundry. The mixer/frame fell and struck the employee's left arm, causing a compound fracture.
2019-05-02	Waukesha	Wisconsin	KG Marketing and Bag Co., Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a printing press when their hand was pulled into the rollers resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2019-03-14	Waukesha	Wisconsin	ProHealth Care, Inc.	Elbow(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
While cleaning a restroom, an employee slipped and fell to the damp floor, suffering a broken elbow.
2018-08-21	Waukesha	Wisconsin	Spinweld	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was trying to retrieve a part that was not loaded correctly in a machine when his finger was pinched and lacerated between the part and a component of the machine.
2018-03-31	Waukesha	Wisconsin	J & L Fiber Services	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a self-dumping hopper when the employee's hand entered a pinch point as the hopper emptied, resulting in a partial fingertip amputation.
2018-03-30	Waukesha	Wisconsin	Zenith Tech, Inc.	Shoulder(s) and back	Fire
An employee suffered third degree burns on the back and lesser burns in the armpit area while torch cutting on a bolt.
2018-03-21	Waukesha	Wisconsin	Woodman's Food Market, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was moving a pallet of toilet paper with a stand-up forklift when the employee's right leg was crushed between the frame of the stand-up forklift and the steel upright post of a rack system. The employee's right leg broke below the knee, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
2018-02-24	Waukesha	Wisconsin	Genco Industries	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On 02/23/2018, an employee was working on the tee at a machine and putting a wire on it when she stepped on the foot pedal. The machine then came down and amputated her left index fingertip.
2017-10-15	Waukesha	Wisconsin	Therm-Tech of Waukesha, Inc.	Hand(s) and arm(s)	Vehicle or machinery fire
An employee was gassing up a furnace and attempting to light the pilot using a wand (igniting device). During a previous shift, one of the furnace's two gas valves was left open. When the employee began the start-up process, he opened the main gas valve without noticing that the other valve was already open. The front door on the furnace was open and a flash fire occurred, causing burns to his hands and forearms.
2017-09-13	Waukesha	Wisconsin	La Casa De Esperanza	Multiple body parts	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
An employee was walking to their car in the parking lot and was struck by another car backing up.
2017-09-08	Waukesha	Wisconsin	MetalTek International, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was flipping a part over using a hoist and a chain sling when his right pinky fingertip was caught and amputated between the part and the chain sling.
2017-07-18	Waukesha	Wisconsin	ProHealth Care, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee suffered an allergic reaction to the avocado in a coworker's guacamole, requiring hospitalization.
2017-06-08	Waukesha	Wisconsin	The Gund Company, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was reaching for parts on a press brake when the machine amputated four digits on the left hand and one digit on the right hand.
2017-05-03	Waukesha	Wisconsin	North Central Utility of Wisconsin, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was using an impact wrench to repair an air brake when the employee's right hand thumb and second fingertip were caught and amputated by the wrench.
2017-03-27	Waukesha	Wisconsin	SPX Transformer Solutions, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee and a coworker were positioning a wood panel on the bed of a milling machine when the coworker turned on the milling machine vacuum system. The vacuum sucked the wood panel down into the milling machine, and the panel pinched and amputated the employee's right middle fingertip between it and the milling machine bed.
2017-03-20	Waukesha	Wisconsin	Metal-Era, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a press break to bend sheet metal and amputated the middle two fingertips on the right hand when they were pinched between the upper and lower dies.
2017-03-02	Waukesha	Wisconsin	Therm-Tech of Waukesha, Inc.	Foot (feet)	Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was using a magnetic drill when the drill became de-magnetized and fell striking the employee's left foot.
2016-08-22	Waukesha	Wisconsin	Generac Power Systems, inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was changing a roll on a packaging machine when a roll of paper became hung up on a frame. The employee attempted to free it by pushing on the roll. When it came free, the employee's right index finger was caught between the frame and the roll of paper, amputating it at the first digit just behind the nail.
2016-05-16	Waukesha	Wisconsin	J & L Fiber Services, Inc.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was attempting to clear a jam on a molding machine when he was caught between the machine and the railing. He suffered a back laceration with possible lung damage, requiring surgery.
2016-04-22	Waukesha	Wisconsin	KG Marketing and Bag Co., Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
The employee was cleaning a bag sealing machine cutting blade and the machine cycled resulting in amputation of the right ring fingertip.
2016-03-11	Waukesha	Wisconsin	Cooper Power Systems, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee's thumb was pinched when a crimp tool actuated. The accident resulted in the amputation of the employee's thumb tip.
2016-01-15	Waukesha	Wisconsin	Boehm Madisen Lumber Co.	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee was hospitalized due to carbon monoxide poisoning.
2016-01-15	Waukesha	Wisconsin	Boehm-Madisen Lumber Company	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee was picking orders at the lumber yard and was exposed to carbon monoxide. The employee passed out for several minutes with memory loss and breathing problems resulting in hospitalization.
2016-01-08	Waukesha	Wisconsin	Renaissance Manufacturing Group, LLC	Multiple body parts	Fire
While shoveling sand from a sand silo, two employees were burned when a flash fire/explosion occurred. They were hospitalized with face and hand burns.
2015-12-23	Waukesha	Wisconsin	NCL Graphic Specialties, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
An employee was using the manually operated (non-powered) plate bender to bend a plate when a part of the plate bender that he was holding (~20 inches long) slipped out of his hand and fell onto his left index finger causing a fingertip amputation.
2015-09-28	Waukesha	Wisconsin	Russel Metals Williams Bahcall Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was delivering metal product to a customer's facility by semi-truck. He hooked a load of material to the customer's overhead crane. In the process of moving the material from the truck, his finger got caught between the metal load, amputating his left fingertip up to the first knuckle.
2015-08-03	Waukesha	Wisconsin	A.L. SCHUTZMAN COMPANY Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning out a mixer when his right thumb tip was amputated. The mixer was not turned off at the time.
2015-04-20	Waukesha	Wisconsin	Spancrete Group, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was bending a piece of rebar and the employee's hand was caught between the bar and the edge of the work table. The employee's pinky fingertip was amputated a week later.
2015-03-12	Waukesha	Wisconsin	Therm-Tech of Waukesha, Inc.	Pelvis	Other fall to lower level
An employee suffered a broken pelvis when he fell from a machine.
2015-01-22	Waukesha	Wisconsin	ILLINGWORTH-KILGUST MECHANICAL, INC.	Wrist(s)	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
Employee was at a company site attempting to gain access to the roof ladder via a fixed ladder . The height of the platform from the ground was 10 ft, 7 in. The employee slipped and fell to the interior concrete floor. The employee broke his wrist, and bone was exposed.