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Wisconsin Workplace Injury Reports

Wisconsin employers reported 4,301 severe work injuries to federal OSHA from 2015 through November 2025: 3,005 workers hospitalized and 1,570 amputations, plus 1 lost eyes. Manufacturing and construction account for the most reports.

4,301Severe injury reports
1,570Amputations
1,788Followed by an OSHA inspection

Reports by year

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Industries

Manufacturing2,322 (54%)
Construction547 (13%)
Wholesale trade270 (6%)
Retail256 (6%)
Transportation and warehousing207 (5%)
Health care and social assistance196 (5%)
Administrative, staffing and waste services145 (3%)
Agriculture, forestry and fishing72 (2%)

How workers were hurt

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation403 (9%)
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning351 (8%)
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment257 (6%)
Fall on same level due to slipping209 (5%)
Other fall to lower level191 (4%)
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet148 (3%)
Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment120 (3%)
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing115 (3%)

Parts of the body injured

Fingertip(s)633 (15%)
Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other)431 (10%)
Finger(s), fingernail(s)354 (8%)
Multiple body parts (other)202 (5%)
Hip(s)139 (3%)
Lower leg(s)136 (3%)
Brain133 (3%)
Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)121 (3%)

Reports by city

CityReportsAmputationsHospitalized
Milwaukee290 103218
Green Bay166 69103
Madison143 30116
Eau Claire94 2472
Janesville83 2563
Waukesha71 2852
Appleton70 1855
La Crosse67 2647
Manitowoc65 3435
Oshkosh60 3131
Sheboygan58 2239
Kenosha57 1448
Oak Creek55 1648
Neenah55 2630
Wausau48 2230
Beloit41 1332
Menomonee Falls40 1834
Marinette38 1624
De Pere38 1920
New Berlin37 1825
Fond Du Lac37 1918
Pleasant Prairie36 1428
Racine35 1127
Chippewa Falls35 1521
Kaukauna33 826
Marshfield32 1122
Sun Prairie31 922
Portage30 1218
Monroe28 821
Superior27 721
Germantown26 1119
Stevens Point25 916
Plymouth25 817
Arcadia25 818
Waupaca24 1312
Tomah23 718
Menasha23 1312
Wauwatosa22 221
Menomonie22 1013
Franklin22 1113
Burlington22 1016
Beaver Dam22 913
Sturtevant21 617
Schofield21 714
Rice Lake21 1110
Oconomowoc21 219
Hartford21 419
Cudahy21 1214
West Bend20 1114
Sturgeon Bay20 616
Middleton20 416
Jackson20 318
Hudson20 516
Shawano19 712
Rothschild19 812
Plover19 911
Mosinee19 1010
Fort Atkinson19 813
Baraboo19 316
West Allis18 1012
Watertown18 515
Verona18 416
Reedsburg18 613
Merrill18 810
Mequon18 613
Darien18 1010
Wisconsin Rapids17 512
Stoughton17 514
Saukville16 910
Ripon16 79
Pewaukee16 314
Medford16 1210
Marathon16 610
Fitchburg16 216
Chilton16 412
Sparta15 512
Rhinelander15 78
Whitewater14 311
Sheboygan Falls14 78
Hayward14 59
De Forest14 311
Sussex13 77
Port Washington13 49
Mount Pleasant13 411
Kiel13 67
Seymour12 39
Osseo12 57
Mayville12 57
Grafton12 510
Brookfield12 67
Wisconsin Dells11 39
Park Falls11 76
Lake Mills11 56
Lake Geneva11 110
Elkhorn11 38
Brillion11 56
Barron11 38
Antigo11 65
Abbotsford11 75
Windsor10 55
Weston10 38
New Richmond10 28
Little Chute10 47
Ixonia10 65
Greenville10 37
Franksville10 57
Fall River10 56
Evansville10 47
Denmark10 74
Butler10 64
Bloomer10 57
Ashland10 38

Cities with at least 10 reports.

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Source: OSHA's Severe Injury Reports, 2015 through November 2025 (loaded November 9, 2026). Employers must report any work-related amputation, loss of an eye or in-patient hospitalization to OSHA within 24 hours. Employer names, addresses and incident descriptions are as OSHA publishes them. A report records an injury, not a finding that the employer broke a rule; OSHA opens an inspection for some reports. The data covers workplaces under federal OSHA. States that run their own OSHA program (such as California, Washington, Michigan, North Carolina and Virginia) are mostly missing, and work-related deaths are reported separately.

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