Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2020-09-08	Wauwatosa	Wi	Briggs & Stratton	Brain	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
While walking through the plant, an employee was struck by a forklift and sustained a head injury.
2020-01-29	Wauwatosa	Wisconsin	Aurora Medical Center Grafton LLC	Nonclassifiable	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was walking through the parking lot when she was struck and run over by a waste removal truck, requiring hospitalization.
2018-08-02	Wauwatosa	Wisconsin	Brodersen Enterprises of Wisconsin, Inc.	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee tripped over a long-handled squeegee and fell to the floor, tearing her rotator cuff.
2018-05-29	Wauwatosa	Wisconsin	Dick's Sporting Goods	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was working from a 6-foot step ladder to install a shelf onto a wall used as a clothing display when the employee lost balance and fell to the floor. The shelf the employee was attempting to install landed on and broke the employee's right leg.
2018-03-27	Wauwatosa	Wisconsin	Blue Mound Golf and Country Club	Lower leg(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was cutting down dead tree underbrush with a chain saw when the saw bounced back and contacted his shin, severely lacerating it. He was hospitalized.
2018-02-18	Wauwatosa	Wisconsin	THE LUTHERAN HOME, INC.	Nonclassifiable	Intentional injury by other person
An employee was attacked and mugged in the parking lot.
2018-01-09	Wauwatosa	Wisconsin	Great Lakes Components, LLC	Head and neck	Other fall to lower level
An employee was attempting to unload panelized walls from a flatbed semitrailer. He was using a pry bar to separate the wall panels when the pry bar slipped out, causing the employee to fall backwards from the semitrailer. The employee struck the ground, suffering fractured neck vertebrae, a concussion, and bleeding from the mouth and ears.
2018-01-04	Wauwatosa	Wisconsin	Briggs & Stratton	BODY SYSTEMS	Fire
An employee suffered smoke inhalation that exacerbated the employee's asthma while exiting the building during a small fire.
2017-07-02	Wauwatosa	Wisconsin	JC Penney	Multiple body parts	Intentional injury by other person, n.e.c.
An employee was struck by an automobile in the truck lot resulting in trauma to the right hip and elbow.
2016-09-30	Wauwatosa	Wisconsin	Winding Roofing Company Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was feeding sheet metal into a hydraulic shear when four fingers were partially amputated, requiring hospitalization.
2016-09-20	Wauwatosa	Wisconsin	JC Penny	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell down 10 stairs sustaining a head injury requiring hospitalization.
2016-05-03	Wauwatosa	Wisconsin	Clean Power, L.L.C.	Multiple body parts	Fall on same level due to slipping
On or about May 3, 2016 an employee was using floor stripper when the employee slipped and fell into the floor stripper causing chemical burns to the employee's back, legs, and arms.
2015-12-16	Wauwatosa	Wisconsin	THE BOLDT COMPANY	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was setting up the table saw to perform dado cuts on a door. The material kicked back and the employee's right hand was pulled into the blade. The employee was hospitalized for surgery on his index finger, middle finger, and thumb.
2015-08-24	Wauwatosa	Wisconsin	Alro Steel Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee received a finger injury while working with a sawing machine.
2015-06-10	Wauwatosa	Wisconsin	Alro Steel Corporation	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was cutting the banding on a bundle of 5 3/4" steel on dual hoists and a basket hitch on each end using a manual banding cutter and crushed the tip of his pinky finger between two pieces of steel, resulting in the amputation of his fingertip. He was wearing cut level 4 gloves and sleeves, hardhat, safety glasses + side shield, and steel-toed metatarsal boots.
2015-03-30	Wauwatosa	Wisconsin	KS ENERGY SERVICES, LLC	Forearm(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was installing duct in a trench box. Because the trench was in an incline, the road plate shifted towards the box and pinched the worker's right forearm, causing it to break.