Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-02-24 | West Bend | Wi | Matenaer Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
An employee was setting up a new press brake when his finger was caught between the press brake and a part. The tip of the employee's finger was amputated. | |||||
2019-09-04 | West Bend | Wisconsin | Cole Manufacturing Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a press brake when it caught his left middle finger, amputating it. | |||||
2019-07-31 | West Bend | Wisconsin | DGS Heartland | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was standing by, waiting for other employees to finish stacking boxes. The lower boxes in the stack collapsed, causing the upper boxes to fall forward onto the employee breaking both legs. | |||||
2018-03-28 | West Bend | Wisconsin | Squared Away Builders, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was using a table saw when the blade partially amputated the employee's fingertip. The blade was unguarded at the time. | |||||
2017-10-09 | West Bend | Wisconsin | Premier Workforce Solutions, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was shocked and fell from a ladder while changing out the ballast of a light fixture, suffering electrical burns and bumps/bruises from the fall. | |||||
2017-09-05 | West Bend | Wisconsin | M. M. Schranz Roofing, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
On September 5, an employee fell approximately 10 feet off a canopy while repairing a roof. The employee suffered a fractured back. | |||||
2017-06-22 | West Bend | Wisconsin | Metalcraft of Mayville, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee's fingertip was crushed between a part and the fixture holding the part, requiring surgical amputation. | |||||
2017-03-16 | West Bend | Wisconsin | Matenaer Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was clearing a jam on the slitter machine and amputated a fingertip. | |||||
2016-10-12 | West Bend | Wisconsin | Matenaer Corporation | Hand(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee suffered an amputation when a die press fell on his hand. | |||||
2016-09-13 | West Bend | Wisconsin | Homes for Independent Living of Wisconsin LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee was trying to de-escalate a resident having a mental breakdown. The resident sprayed the entire contents of a fire extinguisher in the basement of the building. The employee inhaled the fire extinguisher contents and experienced breathing distress, requiring hospitalization. |