Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-02-18 | Weyauwega | Wisconsin | Welter Forest Products | Multiple arm locations | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating an edger saw when the employee's arm was pulled into the shaft of the lumber deck, causing a compound fracture to the upper arm and a fracture to the lower arm. | |||||
2017-06-01 | Weyauwega | Wisconsin | Agropur, Inc | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was picking up a cart with an overhead hoist. While he was rigging it up, a piece of the spreader bar shifted and his left ring fingertip was caught and amputated between the hook and eyelet. |