Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-01-21 | Westby | Wisconsin | Westby Cooperative Creamery | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee was rinsing out chemical barrels when sanitizing chemicals mixed with phosphoric acid and produced chlorine gas. The employee inhaled the chlorine gas, suffering a chemical burn in the lungs. | |||||
2017-01-10 | Westby | Wisconsin | Schneider Heating & Air Conditioning | Skull | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking into a residential setting to repair a furnace when he slipped and fell on the icy pavement, hitting his head and fracturing his skull. | |||||
2016-10-20 | Westby | Wisconsin | Westby Cooperative Creamery | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
An employee was setting up the dry curd press to package a product when the machine cycled causing an amputation to the employee's right ring fingertip. |