In the past few years, Green Bay Wisconsin has seen an increase in machinery accidents. This is likely due to the fact that there are many businesses in the area that are involved in manufacturing. Many of these companies use heavy machinery that can be dangerous if not used properly. To mitigate the risk of accidents, businesses should install safety features on all their machinery. These features can include guardrails, safety nets, cut-off switches, and warning signals. In addition, they should ensure that their employees are trained on how to use the equipment safely.
Manufacturing Companies
Green Bay Wisconsin is home to several manufacturing companies, including
| Schreiber Foods, Inc. Bay Valley Foods, LLC W/S Packaging Group, Inc. American Foods Group, LLC Packerland Holdings Inc Schwabe North America, Incorporated Green Bay Dressed Beef, LLC |
Sanimax Corporation Laforce, LLC Belgioioso Cheese, Inc. Jbs Packerland, Inc. Tufco Holdings, LLC Tufco, L.P. Tufco Technologies, Inc. |
These companies produce a variety of machinery and equipment used in various industries, including transportation, construction, food production, and manufacturing. In addition to these well-known companies, Green Bay Wisconsin is also home to smaller businesses that produce specialized machinery and equipment.
Machinery Accidents
Accidents happen, and machinery accidents are no exception. If you have been injured in a machinery accident in Green Bay, Wisconsin, contact an experienced injury lawyer as soon as possible. A lawyer can help you determine whether you are eligible for compensation and help negotiate a settlement with the responsible party.
Green Bay has seen its fair share of machinery accidents over the years. Here are recent reported machinery accidents in Green Bay WI:
| AccidentDate | Employer | City | State | Description | Injury | Body Part | Event | Injury Source | Other Injury Source |
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| 02/11/2021 | Alive & Kickin' Pizza Crust | Green Bay | Wi | An employee was working on a divider that makes balls of dough from a larger batch in an elevated hopper. The employee was removing dough that was leaking from the elevated hopper, when their hand was caught in the machine, resulting in an amputation to the tip of their right thumb. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery | Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized | |
| 28/10/2021 | The Medalcraft Mint, Inc. | Green Bay | Wi | An employee was operating a trim press. The press had cycled, and the employee was moving stock material, when the press cycled again and partially amputated the employee's right index finger. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Presses, except printing | |
| 15/10/2021 | KI, Inc. | Green Bay | Wi | On October 15, 2021, an employee was repairing a leaking steam hose and was trapped between a moving parts hoist and a drip pan in the plating department. The employee was hospitalized, having suffered a lack of oxygen. | Asphyxiations, strangulations, suffocations | BODY SYSTEMS | Nonclassifiable | Nonclassifiable | |
| 10/10/2021 | Valley Cold Transit | Green Bay | Wi | An employee was unhooking a trailer from a tractor trailer. As he was using a fifth wheel puller, he slipped and fell to the trailer yard ground, suffering a broken hip. He was hospitalized. | Fractures | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping | Parking lot | |
| 08/10/2021 | American Foods Groups LLC | Green Bay | Wi | An employee was herding cattle into a chute. A cow kicked a nearby door, which slammed on the employee's left little finger and amputated the fingertip. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate | Doors, except garage and vehicle | |
| 27/09/2021 | U.S. Postal Service | Greensboro | Nc | An employee was on top of a conveyor clearing a jam. A moving roller amputated their arm. | Amputations | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Conveyors-live roller | |
| 21/09/2021 | Tyson Poultry, Inc. | Green Forest | Ar | At 11:20 p.m. on September 21, 2021, an employee was shutting down a fryer. She noticed heated oil leaking from an open valve that was not supposed to have fluid in it. While trying to close the valve, she slipped on and landed in the hot oil. She suffered burns to her right hand, forearm, and hip and her left lower leg. She was hospitalized. | Heat (thermal) burns | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level due to slipping | Floor | Fats, oils, cooking greases |
| 16/09/2021 | Ilsco Extrusions, Inc. | Greenville | Pa | At 5:30 a.m. on September 16, 2021, an employee was operating a gang saw when a metal part became caught in the saw at an uneven angle. The employee went to the back of the saw and pulled the metal out. The gauge then cycled and caught the employee's right forearm against the advancing part to be cut. The employee's right forearm was broken and she was hospitalized, requiring surgery. | Fractures | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Sawing machinery-stationary | |
| 10/09/2021 | American Foods Group | Green Bay | Wi | An employee was pushing a cart that had gotten stuck when his right ring finger was pinched between the cart and racking. The fingertip was amputated without loss of bone or fingernail. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker | Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered | Racks-garment and other |
| 01/09/2021 | Walmart, Inc. | Greenville | Ms | An employee tripped over a cart corral while pushing a cart. The employee suffered a spinal cord injury. | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Floors, walkways, ground surfaces | Structures, n.e.c. |
| 13/08/2021 | M. Wright Services, LLC | Greenfield | Ok | An employee was removing protective ropes from pipes when they were struck by a semi-truck that was backing up. The employee's left leg became crushed between the beveled end of a pipe and the semi-truck's rear bumper, resulting in a broken left leg. | Fractures | Leg(s) | Pedestrian vehicular incident | Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck | |
| 30/07/2021 | Dollar Tree, Inc. | Greensburg | Pa | On 7/30/2021, an employee was stocking products on a top shelf when they fell off a step stool and landed on the floor, resulting in a right hip fracture that required hospitalization and surgery. | Fractures | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level | Step ladders | Floor, n.e.c. |
| 07/07/2021 | JBS USA | Green Bay | Wi | An employee was performing maintenance work on a piece of equipment when their left hand contacted an auger, resulting in an index finger amputation. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Machinery | |
| 24/06/2021 | Fram Group Operations LLC | Greenville | Oh | An employee was cleaning buildup in a machine using a magnetic wand. The wand got caught in a moving chain and sprocket on the machine, resulting in the amputation of their ring and index fingers. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Machinery | Handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c. |
| 21/06/2021 | KI, Inc. | Green Bay | Wi | On June 21, 2021, an employee was operating a chair leg bending machine. The employee's fingers were caught between the die set and the leg of the chair to be bent; three of the employee's fingers were amputated. The machine was guarded at the time. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Bending, crimping machines | |
| 21/06/2021 | Agricultural Marketing Service - USDA | Green Bay | Wi | On 6/21/2021, an employee was climbing a ladder to inspect a piece of equipment when they fell from the ladder, resulting in fractures to the humerus, skull, and vertebrae that required hospitalization. | Fractures | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level | Ladders | Nonclassifiable |
| 18/06/2021 | Tosca Services LLC | Green Bay | Wi | On 6/18/2021, an employee was unjamming a metal frame below a pallet of plywood on the wood line. The metal frame came off the tracks and the employee's finger was caught between the metal frame and the conveyor resulting in amputation of the right index finger. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects | Material and personnel handling machinery | |
| 18/06/2021 | Kroger | Greenville | Oh | An employee was walking to take a break when their knee gave out and the employee fell, resulting in a splintered femur. | Fractures | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. | Floors, walkways, ground surfaces | |
| 17/06/2021 | River Valley Nursing Home, Inc. | Spring Green | Wi | An employee was walking into a room when they fell to the floor, resulting in a broken patella. | Fractures | Knee(s) | Fall on same level | Floor | |
| 09/06/2021 | Evapco, Inc. | Greenup | Il | An employee was using a foot-pedal-controlled sheet roller to roll ladder cages. The roller crushed his right index finger and he was hospitalized, undergoing surgery. | Crushing injuries | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Rolling mills, rolling, calendering machinery | |
| 07/06/2021 | St. Anthony Hospital | Evergreen | Co | An employee was undergoing wilderness training near a mountain. He was walking down a path, acting as a carrier during a four-point stretcher lift of another employee, when his foot caught on a rock and twisted. He suffered spiral fractures to the right tibia and fibula. | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Trip over an object without fall | Sidewalks, paths, outdoor walkways | Rocks, crushed stone |
| 03/06/2021 | Little Rapids Corp. | Green Bay | Wi | An employee was standing on a stool/ladder to reach a nip point on an unused portion of a printing press, about 10 feet off the floor. The employee was caught between a press nip roll and an idler roller, suffering contusions and damage to skin on both arms. | Bruises, contusions | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery | Presses-printing | |
| 23/05/2021 | Evapco, Inc. | Greenup | Il | After changing an air filter in an attic area, a mechanic was getting down from a raised area (2-3 feet) when she suffered a left femur fracture resulting in hospitalization and surgery. | Fractures | Thigh(s) | Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode | Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker | |
| 11/05/2021 | APX Enclosures, Incorporated | Greencastle | Pa | An employee was using a floor shaper to put a radius on plastic parts. When placing a part into the shaper bit area, the part kicked and dragged the employee's left hand into the shaper. The employee sustained a partial amputation of the left middle finger and lacerations and avulsions to the left ring finger. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Boring, drilling, planing, milling machinery | |
| 04/05/2021 | Woodcraft Industries, Inc. | Greenville | Pa | An employee was holding the handle of a rough planer head and pushing it into place. It started to bind up, then overshot the home position. The tip of the employee's finger was crushed between the planer's handle and its frame, causing an amputation to the finger. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects | Planing mills | |
| 04/05/2021 | Schneider National Carriers Inc. | Green Bay | Wi | An employee was removing a brake chamber from a truck when it expanded and pinched his finger between the brake chamber and a bracket on the truck, resulting in a partial amputation of the left pinky finger. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment | Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility | |
| 22/04/2021 | Novel Iron Works, Inc. | Greenland | Nh | An employee was cutting dunnage on the back of a trailer using a chainsaw. When he stepped back after finishing, his foot caught a steel beam and he fell off the trailer to the ground. He suffered a broken right scapula and broken ribs and was hospitalized. | Fractures | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level | Trailers | Floors, walkways, ground surfaces |
| 21/04/2021 | Ace Manufacturing Industries, Inc. | Green Bay | Wi | An employee was wrapping a tub for shipment. He tripped over a roll of shrink wrap and fell to the floor, suffering a broken hip. | Fractures | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Floor | Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones |
| 15/04/2021 | Variety Wholesalers, Inc. | Greenville | Al | An employee was hanging clothes on a rack. She turned and her left leg gave out, causing her to fall to the floor and break her left hip. She was hospitalized. | Fractures | Hip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. | Floor | |
| 09/04/2021 | Pomp's Tire Service - Commercial Service Center | Green Bay | Wi | On April 9, 2021, a 16-inch tire spontaneously released air after being mounted on a 16-inch rim, then taken off the mounting equipment. An employee was struck by the tire and the rim, suffering fractures to the left hand. | Fractures | Hand(s) | Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire | Tires, except bike | |
| 08/04/2021 | Garden Highway Foods | Green Cove Springs | Fl | An employee was backing a stand-up electric pallet jack out of a trailer freezer. The employee's right leg was caught between the pallet jack and a pallet, causing a hairline fracture to the leg. | Fractures | Leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident | Pallet jack-powered | Skids, pallets |
| 01/04/2021 | Advanced Disposal Services Solid Waste Southeast, LLC | Green Cove Springs | Fl | On April 1, 2021, a temporary employee stepped out of the truck to pick up a residential recycling bin while the truck was moving and he slipped and fell. His left leg was run over by the truck's tire, resulting in hospitalization and the amputation of his left leg. | Amputations | Leg(s) | Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway | Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck | |
| 30/03/2021 | Johnson Bros. - Greenwich, Inc. | Greenwich | Oh | On March 30, 2021, an employee was operating a rubber mill and was removing rubber pieces from the exit side of the cutting machine when the blade amputated the employee's right index finger. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Milling machines | |
| 30/03/2021 | Forsgren Inc | Greenwood | Ar | An employee was spotting a dump truck. The truck raised its bed into a high-voltage overhead powerline while the employee was touching a hopper connected to the truck. The employee was shocked. | Electrocutions, electric shocks | BODY SYSTEMS | Indirect exposure to electricity | Dump truck | Power lines, transformers, convertors |
| 29/03/2021 | Spencer Landscaping | Greenville | Oh | An employee was unloading a trailer and missed a step causing them to fall to the ground and sustain injuries requiring hospitalization. | Traumatic injuries and disorders | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level | Nonclassifiable | Floors, walkways, ground surfaces |
| 26/03/2021 | U.S. Dept. of Agriculture | Greeneville | Tn | An employee had been felling hazardous trees in a campground. The top of a tree detached, fell, and struck the employee. The employee sustained injury to the head, shoulder, and arm. | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Multiple body parts | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Trees, logs, limbs | Trees |
| 20/03/2021 | JBS Green Bay, Inc. | Green Bay | Wi | An employee suffered an amputation to the left little finger while servicing a cryo-vac machine. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery | |
| 11/03/2021 | Advanced Disposal | Green Cove Springs | Fl | On March 11, 2021, a temporary employee was on a route picking up garbage. While he was cycling the hopper, a metal pole sprung out and struck him in the face, resulting in facial fractures that required hospitalization. | Fractures | Face | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle | Trash, garbage | Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck |
| 09/03/2021 | U.S. Lumber Group, LLC | Green Cove Springs | Fl | An employee was operating a forklift when the front tire hit a drain. This caused the lumber that the forklift was carrying to fall off, tilting the forklift forward enough to lift the back tires off the ground. The back tires then slammed back onto the ground. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured back. | Fractures | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Struck bump, hole, rough terrain on driving surface, nonroadway | Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered | Grates and drains in floor surface |
| 03/03/2021 | COOPER-STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE INC. | Bowling Green | Oh | On March 3, 2021, an employee was feeding rubber into an extruding machine when their right hand was pulled into the machine, resulting in a crushing injury to the right index finger. The employee was hospitalized. | Crushing injuries | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Extruding machinery | |
| 01/03/2021 | The Grove at Greenville | Greenville | Pa | An employee was providing care to a resident who was having a seizure while sitting in a wheel chair. The employee tripped over the wheel chair or the resident's legs and fell, striking the wall with her shoulder and face, and then landing on the floor. The employee was bleeding from the nose and was hospitalized with a fractured right humerus. | Fractures | Upper arm(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Floor | |
| 24/02/2021 | U.S. POSTAL SERVICE | Bowling Green | Ky | A mail carrier was delivering mail when they fell on the sidewalk due to uneven pavement. The employee was hospitalized with a broken ankle. | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface | Sidewalk, path, or outdoor walkway irregularity | |
| 23/02/2021 | Carnivore Meat Company | Green Bay | Wi | An employee was using a band saw on a product when they suffered a fingertip amputation. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Band saws | |
| 19/02/2021 | Wayne HealthCare | Greenville | Oh | An employee was walking in the main lobby when she tripped on carpet and fell fracturing her left femur. | Fractures | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Floor | Floor coverings- nonstructural |
| 18/02/2021 | Crete Carrier Corporation | Greenwood | La | A driver was walking across the parking lot of a truck stop and slipped on ice. The driver fell to the ground, sustaining a fractured hip. | Fractures | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping | Parking lot | Ice, sleet, snow |
| 07/02/2021 | ADUSA Distribution | Greencastle | Pa | An employee was using a pallet jack to select groceries. The employee's left leg was pinned between the pallet jack and a rack, resulting in a torn left ankle tendon. | Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments | Ankle(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident | Pallet jack-powered | Racks-garment and other |
| 01/02/2021 | Woolf Distributing Company, Inc. | Green Bay | Wi | An employee fell when manually taking a door off a trailer and the door then fell on top of him, resulting in a broken hip that required surgery. | Fractures | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level | Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck | Floors, walkways, ground surfaces |
| 19/01/2021 | Seton Hill University | Greensburg | Pa | An employee was moving a cadaver on a gurney. The gurney collapsed and struck the employee's left leg, causing the employee to fall. The employee suffered a broken left leg, as well as head lacerations from the fall. | Fractures | Leg(s) | Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment | Stretchers, backboards, wheeled cots, stair chairs | |
| 06/01/2021 | Custom Ecology, Inc. | Green Cove Springs | Fl | On January 6, 2021, an employee was installing a tarp on a semi-trailer while standing on the tarp rack platform next to the trailer. As he was descending the platform, he slipped and fell between the trailer and the tarp about 12 feet to the ground. He suffered a broken left ankle and was admitted to the hospital. | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet | Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck | Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c |
| 04/09/2020 | Rosenboom Machine & Tool, Inc. | Bowling Green | Oh | On September 4, 2020, a welder operator was training a new employee on how to operate a robotic welder. The machine actuated while his left hand was in it, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. | Welding machinery | |
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