| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-06-08 | West Allis | Wi | Blast Cleaning Technologies | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was using a vertical band saw to cut metal tubing. As the employee was wiping down the metal tube with a rag, his hand contacted the saw blade resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2020-10-19 | West Allis | Wi | Toshiba America Energy Systems Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| Two employees were inspecting the hoist cable on an overhead crane. One employee was operating the crane while the injured employee inspected the hoist cable. The injured employee was feeling the cable while it was moving through his gloved right hand checking for burrs or distortion in the cable when his fingers were caught between the crane cable and the pully of the block. Two fingertips were amputated. | |||||
| 2020-09-16 | West Allis | Wi | HM Graphics, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was adjusting a stitcher machine when their gloves were caught in a gear and chain. The employee's fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2020-08-24 | West Allis | Wi | J&A Pohl Inc. | Head and trunk | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
| An employee was operating a skid steer in a closed lane of a public roadway. A city bus struck the skid steer, which tipped on its side. The employee suffered possible broken ribs and a concussion. | |||||
| 2020-02-03 | West Allis | Wisconsin | Snow Plow Solutions | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| On February 3, 2020, an employee was loading a snow pusher attachment onto a trailer for transport when the employee's hand was crushed by the snow pusher, resulting in amputated fingers. | |||||
| 2019-06-24 | West Allis | Wisconsin | Quad/Graphics, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was troubleshooting a noise on a conveyor. Noticing some oil dripping off the chain as it ran, he reached to stop the machine; the chain caught the rag he was using and pulled his left ring finger into the chain, causing the amputation of the fingertip. | |||||
| 2019-01-14 | West Allis | Wisconsin | Krispy Kreme | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee's left hand was caught between a chain and sprocket, resulting in a pinky finger amputation. | |||||
| 2018-07-31 | West Allis | Wisconsin | Motor Castings Company | Nonclassifiable | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| While working on a cope machine, and employee suffered crushing injuries between a mold and a rail system. | |||||
| 2018-06-20 | West Allis | Wisconsin | Woods Construction | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was sliding the fork of an extendable boom forklift when the employee's left middle finger was amputated to the first knuckle between the sliding fork and the forklift carriage. | |||||
| 2017-08-07 | West Allis | Wisconsin | Target Corporation | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was attempting to pick up a pallet when his foot became caught and he fell to the ground, breaking his right femur. | |||||
| 2017-07-22 | West Allis | Wisconsin | Quad Graphics, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was attempting to clear a jam on a press machine when his right index fingertip was caught and amputated between the machine's stacker assembly and the back of the ram. | |||||
| 2017-07-01 | West Allis | Wisconsin | SECA Equipment Removal and Dismantling, inc | Pelvis | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| The employee was cutting a metal cabinet that was being scrapped and cut off one of the walls. The employee walked into the cabinet to cut the back wall, turned around to grab his torch hoses, and the piece of wall fell on the employee resulting in a pelvic injury. | |||||
| 2017-01-07 | West Allis | Wisconsin | Quad Graphics, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee suffered a right middle fingertip amputation while cleaning a roller. | |||||
| 2016-08-11 | West Allis | Wisconsin | Grebes' Bakeries, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a bread molder/slicer machine. His right index finger was caught in the machine, amputating his right fingertip above the fingernail. | |||||
| 2016-01-04 | West Allis | Wisconsin | Common Links Construction, LLC | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting, climbing, stepping |
| While using a screw gun, an employee tweaked his back and had to be hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-11-04 | West Allis | Wisconsin | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
| An employee drove a forklift through the loading dock door causing severe injury to the lower leg. | |||||
| 2015-07-13 | West Allis | Wisconsin | Motor Castings Company | Nonclassifiable | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was setting up a core machine and became caught in the machine. | |||||