| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-02 | Waupaca | Wi | Waupaca Foundry Inc. (Plant 1) | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was offloading casted parts from a grinding line. The employee went to flip one part over when the next part made contact with his right ring finger, resulting in an amputation of the distal end of the finger. | |||||
| 2021-08-26 | Waupaca | Wi | Tradesmen International, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee had placed a casting on a crane hook and was operating the crane by remote control. When the employee grabbed the casting to turn it, it fell off the hook and struck the employee's fingers. The employee suffered a partial amputation to the right ring finger, as well as lacerations to the right ring and middle fingers. | |||||
| 2019-06-05 | Waupaca | Wisconsin | Waupaca Foundry Inc. (Plant 2,3) | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee suffered a fingertip amputation when the hydraulics released and their finger was caught within a space between the bar of the magnet and the claw of the manipulator machine. | |||||
| 2019-02-24 | Waupaca | Wisconsin | Waupaca Foundry Inc. (Plant 1) | Forearm(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| On February 25, 2019, at approximately 11:00 a.m., an employee lacerated their left forearm on a grinding wheel. The employee was cutting a 2" pipe for replacement. | |||||
| 2018-05-02 | Waupaca | Wisconsin | Van Ert Electric Company, Inc. | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck against stationary object or equipment while rising |
| An employee was on top of a cooler removing conduit when he struck his head on the ceiling while wearing his hard hat. He was hospitalized with a pinched nerve in his C7 vertebra. | |||||
| 2018-04-20 | Waupaca | Wisconsin | All Temperature Systems Inc. | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level |
| Two employees were repairing a broken gas line on the roof of a commercial business. One of the employees was stepping off of the roof and onto a ladder when he fell to the ground, injuring his skull and puncturing a lung. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-01-02 | Waupaca | Wisconsin | Cap Services Inc. | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was helping children get onto a bus when she slipped on water and a stone on the bus walkway. She fell to the bus floor and broke her ankle. | |||||
| 2017-10-17 | Waupaca | Wisconsin | Waupaca Foundry Inc. (Plant 2,3) | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On October 17, 2017, an employee was polishing a part on a manual lathe with an emery cloth while wearing gloves. The emery cloth or glove became entangled in the lathe's rotating part, and the employee's right middle finger was partially amputated. | |||||
| 2017-07-13 | Waupaca | Wisconsin | Waupaca Foundry Inc. (Plant 2,3) | Lower leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| On July 13, 2017, an employee was moving a molding pattern from a staging rack to a plywood skid. The employee was lifting the pattern with a hoist when the bolt pulled out of the pattern. The pattern fell on the employee's lower legs. The employee suffered shin avulsions and a broken left leg. | |||||
| 2016-10-09 | Waupaca | Wisconsin | Waupaca Foundry Inc. (Plant 2,3) | Jaw, chin | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was performing maintenance work on top of a tumble blast machine. As he was either climbing or descending a fixed ladder on the machine, he fell backward and landed on the floor below. He hit his head on steel framing on his way down. He suffered a head laceration, a fractured jaw, abrasions, and a contusion. | |||||
| 2016-06-29 | Waupaca | Wisconsin | Waupaca Foundry Inc. (Plant 2,3) | Fingertip(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee's right index fingertip was amputated when the finger was caught between a piece of over-pour and the door to the shaker-shack. | |||||
| 2016-01-15 | Waupaca | Wisconsin | Waupaca Foundry Inc. (Plant 1) | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
| On or about January 15, 2016, an employee was inspecting castings on the quality belt. While attempting to pull a basket of castings back onto the quality belt, the employee tripped over an electronic eye and fell backwards over the mid-rail and onto the ground, suffering a concussion. The top section of the guardrail was removed at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2015-06-06 | Waupaca | Wisconsin | Manufacturer's Pallet and Disposal, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee's right ring fingertip was amputated while operating a pallet assembly machine. | |||||
| 2015-05-25 | Waupaca | Wisconsin | Waupaca Foundry Inc. (Plant 2,3) | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee's right thumb was pinched between the pattern hanger bar and the base of the machine swing arm on a vertical molding machine. | |||||