Milwaukee has a high rate of machinery accidents. In fact, it brings Wisconsin to the 5th most dangerous state for machinery accidents in the US. The main reason for this is that Milwaukee has a lot of industrial and manufacturing plants. These plants are responsible for a lot of production and require a lot of equipment. This equipment can be dangerous if it is not properly maintained. In addition to machinery accidents, Milwaukee Wisconsin is also a dangerous place to drive. It has one of the highest rates of car crashes in the US. This is because has a lot of congested traffic and a lot of intersections that are difficult to negotiate.
Manufacturing Companies
Here are top 10 ranking manufacturing companies in Milwaukee for 2021
| Johnson Controls, Inc. Rockwell Automation, Inc. Harley-Davidson, Inc. A. O. Smith Corporation Caterpillar Global Mining LLC Gardner Denver Investments, Inc. The Manitowoc Company Inc |
Bcp Acquisitions LLC CLARIOS, LLC Sensient Technologies Corporation Rexnord Industries, LLC Komatsu Mining Corp. Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Inc. Brady Corporation |
Machinery Accidents
In the past few years, there have been a number of machinery accidents in Milwaukee Wisconsin and each one could have been prevented with better awareness and safety precautions. If you or a loved one has been injured in a machinery accident in Milwaukee, you may need legal assistance. An experienced accident lawyer can help you deal with the consequences of your injury and get the compensation you deserve.
Each of the following accidents reports from Milwaukee resulted in injuries or death:
| AccidentDate | Employer | City | State | Description | Injury | Body Part | Event | Injury Source | Other Injury Source |
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| 11/11/2021 | Ritus Corporation | Milwaukee | Wi | An employee was operating a press when their right hand was caught by a demolding tool, resulting in amputation of the middle fingertip. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Presses, except printing | |
| 29/10/2021 | Walkowiak Electric Inc | Milwaukee | Wi | An employee was removing an electrical breaker from an existing electrical panel when an arc flash occurred and burned the employee's right arm. | Electrical burns | Arm(s) | Direct exposure to electricity | Switchboards, switches, fuses | |
| 26/10/2021 | Pro-Se Services - Seca Equipment | Milwaukee | Wi | An employee was inspecting an excavator when they slipped and fell off the excavator, resulting in a broken left shoulder and a broken right wrist. | Fractures | Multiple upper extremities locations | Other fall to lower level | Excavating machinery | Floors, walkways, ground surfaces |
| 12/10/2021 | Numotion | Milwaukee | Wi | An employee was fitting a wheelchair to a client when a dog attacked her. She suffered a broken arm and lacerations. | Fractures | Arm(s) | Other animal bites, nonvenomous | Dogs, canines-domestic | |
| 01/09/2021 | Cervantes Roof Vac LLC | Milwaukee | Wi | An employee was securing a ladder to the upper roof with a bungee cable. The bungee cable snapped, causing the feet of the ladder to move. The employee fell with the ladder and sustained a broken arm. | Fractures | Arm(s) | Other fall to lower level | Movable ladders | Bungee cords |
| 20/08/2021 | Douglas Dynamics, Inc. | Milwaukee | Wi | An employee was adjusting the direction of a structure-mounted air circulating fan. The fan blade struck and amputated his right index finger. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Fans, blowers-wall, floor, ceiling, ventilation | |
| 07/07/2021 | Joshen Paper & Packaging | Milwaukee | Wi | An employee was driving around and making deliveries on July 7, 2021. It was a humid, 92-degree day and the delivery truck's air conditioning failed. On returning to the facility at 5:00 p.m., the employee was hot and sweaty, with incoherent speech. The employee was hospitalized, suffering from heat exhaustion and kidney failure. | Heat exhaustion, prostration | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat | Heat-environmental | |
| 25/06/2021 | Potawatomi Bingo Casino | Milwaukee | Wi | An employee was replacing the belt on a pulley to an air handler when his right hand was pulled into the pulley, resulting in a partial amputation of his little finger. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances | |
| 07/06/2021 | Estes Express Lines, Inc. | Milwaukee | Wi | An employee's left ring finger was crushed and partially amputated above the first knuckle, under the nail. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Nonclassifiable | Nonclassifiable | |
| 07/06/2021 | Doral Equipment Rental | Milwaukee | Wi | Employees were unloading a pallet of large forklift forks from a flatbed trailer using another forklift. The pallet cracked as it was picked up, and one of the forks fell to the ground and crushed an employee's foot. The employee was hospitalized. | Crushing injuries | Foot (feet) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part | Vehicle and mobile equipment parts | Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered |
| 22/04/2021 | Pink Dumpsters, LLC | Milwaukee | Wi | An employee was cleaning debris from under a semi truck. The truck was driven forward and ran over the employee's leg, breaking the fibula. | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area | Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck | |
| 13/02/2021 | Staff Electric Co., Inc. | Milwaukee | Wi | An employee was installing electrical equipment when an arc flash burned his hands. | Electrical burns | Hand(s) | Direct exposure to electricity | Electric parts | |
| 11/02/2021 | Palermo Villa, Inc. | Milwaukee | Wi | While operating a cheese shredder in auto production mode, an employee's right index finger was crushed by the pusher arm. | Crushing injuries | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized | |
| 31/01/2021 | HZ OPS Holdings, Inc. | Milwaukee | Wi | An employee was walking through the parking lot to her car. The employee slipped on an ice patch and fell, resulting in a broken ankle. | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping | Parking lot | Ice, sleet, snow |
| 19/10/2020 | General Mills | Milwaukee | Wi | An employee was working on the empty tote conveyor. As he was putting a chain onto a sprocket, a box passed through a photo eye, triggering the conveyor. The employee was caught by the sprocket and chain, sustaining the amputation of 1/8" of the left ring fingertip. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery | Conveyors-chain | |
| 19/10/2020 | Malteurope Malting Company | Milwaukee | Wi | An employee was replacing the drive belt on a 40-inch exhaust fan. A finger was caught between the belt and pulley resulting in a fingertip amputation. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Machinery | |
| 30/09/2020 | Fred Usinger, Inc. | Milwaukee | Wi | The grinding blade on a deactivated meat grinding machine amputated an employee's right middle fingertip. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Meat grinders | |
| 23/09/2020 | VRC Companies, LLC | Milwaukee | Wi | An employee fell from a portable A-frame ladder while pulling boxes of records from a storage rack. The employee suffered contusions to the back of the head. | Bruises, contusions | Scalp | Other fall to lower level | Step ladders | Floor, n.e.c. |
| 10/08/2020 | Usinger's | Milwaukee | Wi | An employee was changing the film on a machine when the employee's left middle and index fingers were pinched between the heating plate and die box, resulting in fingertip amputations. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Special process machinery | |
| 31/07/2020 | H & R Scrap Metal Company Inc. | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | An employee was using a wire stripping machine. The machine caught his glove and pulled in his hand. He suffered lacerations to his index and middle fingers and his thumb (which was split down the middle), as well as a broken bone. | Fractures | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery | Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves |
| 29/07/2020 | Per Mar Security & Research Corp | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | An employee fell while walking security rounds, suffering a knee injury and left-side numbness. | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Knee(s) | Fall on same level | Floors, walkways, ground surfaces | |
| 17/07/2020 | Master Lock Company LLC | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | An employee was guiding a small piece of metal into a shear cutter when the blade partially amputated his left middle finger (no bone). | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Shearing machines | |
| 24/06/2020 | Hentzen Coatings, Inc. | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | An employee was removing an open-head drum from a skid. When he removed it, he rolled it on the floor. His finger got caught between the drum he was moving and another drum that was stationary. The employee's right ring finger was amputated between the two drums. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker | Barrels, drums-except pressurized | Barrels, drums-except pressurized |
| 03/06/2020 | General Mills Operations, LLC | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | An employee suffered a hernia while bending over to pick up a pallet. | Hernias due to traumatic incidents | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Overexertion in lifting-single episode | Skids, pallets | |
| 26/05/2020 | Tekni-Plex Flexibles LLC | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | While changing blades on a machine, a blade fell and partially amputated an employee's right ring finger. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part | Machine and appliance parts | Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery |
| 15/05/2020 | Armandos Drywall and Finishing LLC | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | An employee lost balance while putting on and standing up on a pair of drywall stilts. The employee fell from the stilts and broke an arm, requiring hospitalization. | Fractures | Arm(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Tools, instruments, and equipment | Floors, walkways, ground surfaces |
| 10/05/2020 | Century Fence Company | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | An employee was kneeling down prepping towable vacuum equipment to connect to grooving equipment. When he stood up, he lost his balance, fell forward, and struck the right side of his face on the hitch of the grooving equipment. He was hospitalized with a face injury. | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Face | Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. | Floors, walkways, ground surfaces | Machinery |
| 19/04/2020 | Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Inc. | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | An employee tripped and fell during horseplay with other nurses and broke a hip. | Fractures | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping | Floor | |
| 03/04/2020 | Klement's Sausage Company | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | An employee was unjamming a de-clipper machine. After the air lines were shut down, the clipper head partially amputated the employee's thumb. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects | Machinery | |
| 12/03/2020 | Perlick Corporation | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | An employee was using a staple gun to secure cardboard to a shipping crate. The gun shot a 3/4-inch staple into his knee. | Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds | Knee(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance | Staples | Stapling tools-electric or pneumatic |
| 27/02/2020 | Ovation Jewish Home | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | An employee was cleaning a restroom with a cleaning wipe and became ill from the fumes. | Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode | Cleaning and polishing agents | |
| 20/02/2020 | Mi-Tech Services, Inc | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | A crew was clearing away signage and cones after a survey. A vehicle struck an employee who was putting cones into the back of a truck, causing the amputation of both the employee's legs. | Amputations | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in work zone | Passenger vehicle | |
| 25/01/2020 | United Parcel Serive | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | An employee lost sight of the edge of a platform, fell, and landed on his right elbow. His elbow broke and required surgery. | Fractures | Elbow(s) | Other fall to lower level | Scaffolds-staging | Nonclassifiable |
| 15/01/2020 | The Marcus Corporation | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | An employee was using a hammer and chisel to remove some floor tiling when a piece of tile went under the employee's safety glasses and into the eye, lacerating it and requiring surgery. | Cuts, lacerations | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle | Chips, particles, splinters | |
| 19/09/2019 | BHP, Inc. | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | On September 19, 2019, an employee was guiding a piece of product being lifted by an overhead crane. The employee's hand was crushed between two pieces of product; the employee suffered a broken finger and needed stitches. | Fractures | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container | |
| 02/08/2019 | Saint Francis Hospital | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | An employee fell and hit her head. She was hospitalized. | Intracranial injuries | Brain | Fall on same level | Floor | |
| 17/07/2019 | Packers Sanitation Services, Inc. | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | An employee was sanitizing equipment when the auger from a meat grinder amputated their right index finger. The machine was energized at the time. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Meat grinders | |
| 15/07/2019 | Cudahy Tower Apartments, LLC | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | While performing rounds in an apartment complex parking lot, a security officer was struck by a vehicle that was backing into a parking spot. The security officer was hospitalized for a broken leg and abdominal and head injuries. | Fractures | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area | Highway vehicle, motorized | |
| 09/07/2019 | Dirty Ducts Cleaning Environmental & Insulation Inc. | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | An employee fell from a ladder and suffered a broken wrist and a contusion over one eye. He was hospitalized. | Fractures | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level | Ladders | Floors, walkways, ground surfaces |
| 05/07/2019 | MARED MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS CORP. | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | An employee was cleaning a condenser coil on a rooftop unit. The access plate slipped while the employee was reinstalling it, and the employee's hand went into the unit's fan blade. The employee suffered severe lacerations to the right thumb, index, and middle finger and was hospitalized, requiring surgery. | Cuts, lacerations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against object or equipment | Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances | |
| 05/06/2019 | Master Lock Company LLC | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | An employee operating a pneumatic press sustained a right index finger amputation at the second joint. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Presses, except printing | |
| 01/06/2019 | Levy Restaurants | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | An employee fell while working in a concession stand and was injured. | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Trunk | Fall on same level | Floor | |
| 28/05/2019 | Messmer Catholic Schools | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | An employee fell while on stairs, suffering a broken T-12 vertebra in the back. | Fractures | Thoracic region | Other fall to lower level | Stairs, steps | |
| 17/05/2019 | Athea Laboratories and Packaging | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | An employee was troubleshooting a noise that was coming from a machine. The machine started and the employee's left index finger was caught in the chain and sprocket resulting in amputation of the fingertip. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Machinery | |
| 13/05/2019 | Integrity Environmental Services, Inc. | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | On May 13, 2019, the injured employee was performing demo work with a pry bar in one hand while his other hand was leaning against a door jam. Another employee closed the door causing and pinched the injured employee's finger between the door and the door frame resulting in a fingertip amputation. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate | Doors, except garage and vehicle | |
| 17/04/2019 | Advanced Bionics LLC | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | An employee tripped on her purse strap while getting out of a vehicle, impacted the ground, broke her leg, and was hospitalized. | Fractures | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Floors, walkways, ground surfaces | Handbags, pocketbooks, wallets, tote bags |
| 15/03/2019 | Potawatomi Bingo Casino | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | An employee suffered a hernia while lifting material. | Hernias due to traumatic incidents | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Overexertion in lifting-single episode | Nonclassifiable | |
| 06/02/2019 | Industrial Manufacturing Company | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | An employee was working on a vertical lathe when a part became dislodged during the machining process and struck the lathe door, which then pushed the employee. He lost his balance and fell to the ground, breaking a leg. | Fractures | Leg(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle | Parts and materials | Lathes |
| 30/01/2019 | Bardes Plastics, Inc | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | An employee was setting up a thermo-forming press and placing a shim while standing on a step stool. The employee slipped and inadvertently activated the press crushing his left thumb. He was hospitalized for surgery. | Crushing injuries | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. | Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery | |
| 15/01/2019 | CBRE | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | An employee tripped over a door stop while pulling wires, suffering severe abdominal pain likely due to a severe hernia. | Hernias due to traumatic incidents | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Trip over an object without fall | Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker | Structural hardware, n.e.c. |
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