Severe Workplace Injuries in Hartford, Wisconsin
Employers in Hartford reported 21 severe work injuries to OSHA from 2015 through September 2025: 19 workers hospitalized and 4 amputations (19% of reports). Manufacturing accounts for the most reports. OSHA opened an inspection after 5 of them.
Reports by year
Industries
How workers were hurt
Parts of the body injured
OSHA inspections in Hartford since 2016
Workplace safety inspectors opened 90 inspections at Hartford workplaces, and 63 of them (70%) ended with at least one violation. Inspectors cited 108 serious, 2 willful and 41 repeat violations, with current penalties totaling $816,888.
Rules cited most often:
Recent inspections with penalties
| Employer | Violations | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| Lmi Manufacturing Holdings, LLC (referral, details) | 1 | $1,159 |
| Edd Services LLC (other, details) | 6 (6 serious+) | $110,651 |
| Midwest Turbine Service, LLC (complaint, details) | 18 (17 serious+) | $7,661 |
| Pro Smoker Smokehouses (complaint, details) | 2 | $950 |
| Signicast LLC (referral, details) | 1 | $8,040 |
| Rafael Rodriguez (planned, details) | 3 (3 serious+) | $40,780 |
| Signicast LLC (referral, details) | 1 | $10,050 |
| Omega Roofing Limited Liability Company (planned, details) | 4 (4 serious+) | $24,189 |
| Isabel Construction LLC (planned, details) | 3 (3 serious+) | $36,500 |
| Exterior Arts And Services, LLC. (planned, details) | 5 (4 serious+) | $15,598 |
| All Covered Exteriors LLC (planned, details) | 5 (4 serious+) | $35,409 |
| Aguila Services (planned, details) | 4 (3 serious+) | $7,051 |
Penalties as currently recorded by OSHA; they can drop after settlement or contest. Inspection data covers federal OSHA inspections and state-run safety program inspections reported to OSHA.
Most recent reports
The 21 newest severe injury reports from Hartford employers, as OSHA published them.
Sep 17, 2025 · Signicast LLC Amputation
An employee was using a grinding machine with a foot pedal. She was loading a part into the grinder when her right hand got caught in the grinder. She then used her left hand to pull out her right hand. The employee suffered a laceration to the back of two fingers on her left hand and her left forearm, as well as partial amputations to two fingers on her right hand.
Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1852744
May 20, 2025 · Ener-Con, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was standing on the tarp on top of a semi trailer to assist another driver in removing the tarp when a strong gust of wind caused the tarp to lift. The tarp knocked the employee off the trailer and they fell 12 feet to the ground, resulting in fractured ribs, a fractured vertebra, and a bruised aorta.
Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact 6 to 30 feet · Multiple trunk locations · Retail
Mar 19, 2025 · Mantz Automation Inc. Amputation
An employee was lifting a manifold plate with an overhead crane when their right ring and little fingers got trapped between the hoisting chain from the crane and the metal plate. Both fingertips were amputated.
Struck by suspended or swinging objects (other) · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Manufacturing
Jun 17, 2024 · UFP Packaging Hospitalized
An employee was assembling scrap wood crates using a nail gun. As he repositioned his body, his right ankle contacted the nail gun, causing it to discharge. The employee suffered a puncture wound to his right ankle.
Struck by discharged object or substance · Ankle(s) · Manufacturing
Nov 29, 2023 · Triton Trailers, LLC Hospitalized
An employee was using a handheld angle grinder with a 4-inch cutoff wheel when the grinder kicked back and lacerated the employee's left forearm. The employee underwent surgery.
Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Forearm(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1714217
Jul 6, 2023 · Helgesen Industries Hospitalized
An employee was using an overhead crane to manipulate a part on a wash line. The part fell off the hook, then cut the employee's arm as the employee tried to catch it.
Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Arm(s) · Other · OSHA inspection 1683741
Feb 27, 2023 · Ewald's Hartford Ford Hospitalized
An employee was walking to her vehicle to drive to another location when she slipped on ice and sustained two right ankle fractures and a right wrist fracture.
Fall on same level due to slipping · Upper and lower limb(s) · Retail
Feb 24, 2023 · Zeller Transportation, LLC Hospitalized
An employee was performing a pre-trip inspection of a truck/trailer when they slipped on ice and tore a ligament in their right knee.
Fall on same level due to slipping · Knee(s) · Transportation and warehousing
Jun 8, 2022 · XPO Logistics Freight Inc. Hospitalized
An employee and a customer were pulling a pallet of auto parts from a truck. The employee lost his grip on the pallet and fell from the pickup truck to the ground below, resulting in a broken left hip.
Other fall to lower level · Hip(s) · Transportation and warehousing
Apr 2, 2021 · Signicast LLC Hospitalized
An employee was unjamming a parts elevator when his arm became stuck in the parts elevator. The employee was hospitalized with a broken arm.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Arm(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1524352
Feb 18, 2020 · Steel-Craft Corp. of Hartford Hospitalized
An employee was using a pipe on the end of an air pressure gun. When the air was activated, the pipe became airborne and hit the employee in the face.
Struck by dislodged flying object, particle · Face · Manufacturing
Jul 19, 2019 · Chemical Research Technology Hospitalized
An employee was wrapping a box of shrink wrap using green banding. While moving around the box, the employee slipped on some of the shrink wrap causing him to fall on his right hip. The employee was hospitalized with a broken right hip.
Fall on same level due to slipping · Hip(s) · Professional and technical services
Oct 29, 2018 · Helgesen Industries Amputation
An employee was lowering a hydraulic tank using a manual bridge hoist when his left pinky fingertip was caught between the clasping hook and the eye bolt, resulting in the removal of a small piece of his pinky finger pad.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Other
May 29, 2018 · Walmart 5463 Hospitalized
An employee was stocking shelves and suffered a heart attack. The employee was hospitalized.
Overexertion involving outside sources · Heart · Retail
May 24, 2018 · Steel-Craft Corp. of Hartford Hospitalized
An employee was cleaning the rollers on a running rolling machine with a rag when their right hand was caught between two rollers causing a laceration and abrasion to the right hand.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Hand(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1319233
Oct 5, 2017 · Hartford Finishing, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was vacuuming water out of a part when the part swung and struck his head, lacerating it.
Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld (other) · Head · Manufacturing
Apr 15, 2017 · Integrity Environmetal Services, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was performing demolition work. He opened a large heat treating oven door. When he opened the door, a piece of metal fell from atop the door and struck the employee's left arm causing a laceration to the arm.
Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Arm(s) · Construction
Aug 15, 2016 · Quad/Graphics, Inc. Hospitalized
While trying to manually rotate a forms shaft, an employee slipped and fell, breaking a finger and requiring stitches.
Fall on same level due to slipping · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing
Oct 5, 2015 · Signicast, LLC Amputation
An employee was using a hoist to transfer a heat treat basket which was approximately 3 ft. by 4 ft. long from a staging rack to a conveyor. The basket was loaded with castings that go into the heat treat operation. The employee detached the hoist and noticed the basket wasn't sitting flat on the cart. As she manipulated the basket her right middle finger was pinched between the basket and the conveyor resulting in a partial amputation of the fingertip with loss of fingernail and subsequent revision of the tip of the finger. Stitches were used to close the wound. No surgery was required.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing
Mar 31, 2015 · Quad Graphics Hospitalized
An employee was riding a three-wheel trike through the plant when he struck a forklift. He sustained a fracture to the face at the cheekbone and temple. He also sustained small cuts on his shoulder and hand and was hospitalized overnight.
Nonroadway collision with other vehicle · Multiple face locations · Manufacturing
Mar 18, 2015 · Pallet USA, LLC Hospitalized
A maintenance employee was inspecting an oil leak on a yard truck used to pull trailers. The employee placed their body under the truck by lying on the ground. The employee asked another employee to start the truck; when the truck started, it rolled and pinned the employee between the ground and one of the truck tires. The employee was hospitalized.
Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle · Nonclassifiable · Manufacturing
After a workplace injury in Wisconsin
Most work injuries are handled through workers' compensation, which pays medical bills and part of lost wages whether or not anyone was at fault, and usually rules out suing the employer. A separate claim may be possible against someone else, such as an equipment maker or another company on the site. Reporting deadlines are short, so tell your employer about an injury right away.
Workers compensation lawyers in Wisconsin
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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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