Severe Workplace Injuries in Janesville, Wisconsin

Jul 10, 2025 · Impact Confections, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was performing sanitation on top of a bagger machine mezzanine that was 98 inches above ground. The top of the bagger mezzanine was accessed using a rolling safety ladder that was welded in place. The employee was coming down the ladder carrying a a 5-gallon bucket when they slipped and fell to the floor, suffering a broken neck and right index finger.

Other fall to lower level · Neck and upper extremities · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1838949

Apr 24, 2025 · Pieper Electric Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was on an 8-foot step ladder using a "fish stick" to pull cable for a fire alarm at a school. He was on the sixth rung when he fell to the floor. He was hospitalized with fractures to his back and hip.

Other fall to lower level · Trunk and other lower extremities · Construction

Apr 18, 2025 · Prent Corporation Amputation

An employee was using a rag to wipe grease off a chain on a thermal forming machine. The rag caught on a sprocket and pulled the employee's left hand into a pinch point, resulting in a soft tissue avulsion of the little fingertip and fractures in the index and ringer fingers. The machine was in operation at the time of the incident.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1819824

Feb 17, 2025 · Blain Supply, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was inspecting a commercial vehicle outside when they slipped on ice and fell to the asphalt ground. The employee was hospitalized with a brain bleed and a concussion.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Brain · Wholesale trade

Jan 8, 2025 · DG Distribution Midwest, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was parking an electric pallet jack when it drove over a parking bumper. The employee's right leg was caught between the pallet jack and a wall. Their right foot was broken.

Collision with stationary object, nonroadway · Foot (feet), toe(s) · Transportation and warehousing

Sep 30, 2024 · Tree Wise Men LLC Hospitalized

An employee was struck in the head by a tree that was being felled, resulting in a brain bleed and hospitalization.

Struck by other falling object (other) · Brain · Administrative, staffing and waste services · OSHA inspection 1779141

Jun 7, 2024 · R & L Carriers Shared Services, LLC Amputation

An employee was using a forklift to move a wall-mounted jib crane, secured onto a pallet by the shipper, from one place to another on a dock. The crane fell backwards and the employee's left hand was caught between it and the frame of the forklift. The employee suffered amputations to the left middle and index fingers (with nail loss), as well as lacerations to the ring finger requiring stitches.

Nonroadway noncollision Struck by shifting, dislodged load in transport · Other finger(s) (other) · Transportation and warehousing

Apr 22, 2024 · Janesville Door Co Ltd Hospitalized

An employee was climbing an extension ladder to service a commercial garage door opener. He lost his footing and fell about 16 feet to the cement floor, fracturing his leg in two places and dislocating his shoulder.

Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet · Upper and lower extremities (other) · Retail

Mar 6, 2024 · Mercy Health System Corporation Hospitalized

An employee was mixing and delivering medications in a pharmacy when they suffered a possible allergic reaction that required hospitalization.

Exposure to harmful substances · Body systems · Health care and social assistance

Feb 17, 2024 · Mercyhealth Hospital and Trauma Center-Janesville Hospitalized

An employee was cleaning up a spilled beverage. The employee slipped, fell to the floor, and suffered a broken tibia and fibula. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Lower leg(s) · Health care and social assistance

Dec 20, 2023 · GOEX Corporation Amputation

An employee was cutting corner boards on a cutting board. As the employee brought the blade down, their left thumb tip was amputated. The machine was not guarded at the time.

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1718652

Oct 16, 2023 · United Alloy, Inc. Amputation

An employee was manufacturing a diesel gas tank and installing the top sheet of steel. As they were using a magnet to guide a 4-foot by 8-foot steel sheet into position, the sheet released from the magnet and amputated the employee's thumb.

Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1726427

Sep 8, 2023 · Phelps Industries, LLC Amputation

An employee was performing routine sanitation activities at a silo in the processing room. They went to grab a piece of meat from an auger when the auger started. The employee's left hand became caught in the auger resulting in amputation of their little finger and crushing of their index, middle, and ring fingers.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Wholesale trade · OSHA inspection 1700591

Sep 8, 2023 · Humane Manufacturing Company, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was moving a mat from a press mold and placing it on a roller conveyor. A mold fell off the conveyor and landed on the employee's right foot. The fifth metatarsal was fractured and the little toe was dislocated.

Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Multiple foot (feet) locations · Manufacturing

Aug 8, 2023 · Prent Corporation Hospitalized

An employee was unfolding a flat box and taping it on a stainless steel table. She then walked around the table and tripped and fell to the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to the left arm and right knee.

Fall on same level due to tripping · Upper and lower limb(s) · Manufacturing

Jul 29, 2023 · Seneca Foods Corp Hospitalized

An employee was putting divider sheets on cans. As they turned to grab another divider sheet, the employee tripped over the trolley rail and fell to the concrete floor, resulting in a fractured pelvis.

Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface · Pelvis · Manufacturing

Jun 1, 2023 · IPM Foods, LLC Hospitalized

A broth tank was opened, releasing 7,500 pounds of boiling liquids and solids. An employee suffered multiple burns to the body.

Contact with hot objects or substances · Multiple body parts · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1675136

Jan 24, 2023 · Impact Confections, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was moving around a palletized bundle of cardboard boxes when he struck his leg against the stack of boxes. This caused him to lose his balance and fall forward to the ground, striking his nose on the cement floor. The employee sustained a nose fracture.

Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Manufacturing

Dec 1, 2022 · Morgan Truck Body, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was drilling into a rail with a drill press. The employee was clearing some aluminum shavings when the drill bit contacted his left thumb and index finger, resulting in a laceration to the thumb that required surgery, as well as a laceration to the index finger.

Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1638190

Nov 17, 2022 · IPM Foods Hospitalized

Two employees were assessing and diagnosing a maintenance problem with a bone broth kettle. While looking at the issue, air pressure was removed from the system and the lower kettle door opened, splashing both employees with boiling broth. Employee 1 sustained thermal burns to the arms and one leg. Employee 2 sustained thermal burns to both legs.

Contact with hot objects or substances · Upper and lower limb(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1635481

Oct 19, 2022 · Ochsman, Inc. Hospitalized

A home health care employee was at a client's house to provide meal preparation and housekeeping help. The client's son stabbed the employee, who was hospitalized.

Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing · Nonclassifiable · Health care and social assistance

Aug 12, 2022 · Dalmaray Precast Concrete Hospitalized

The cable on a truck lifting a cement hopper broke. The hopper pinned an employee against a catwalk guardrail, causing multiple broken vertebrae.

Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Nonclassifiable · Manufacturing

Aug 1, 2022 · County Materials Corp. Hospitalized

An employee was measuring the elongation of a pre-stress cable strand. The strand failed under tension and hit the employee's right arm and hand. The hand was injured and two fingers were fractured.

Struck by dislodged flying object, particle · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing

Jun 16, 2022 · IPMPC, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was adding hot water to the liquefier/emulsifier. The employee bent over to pick up an object on the ground. The liquefier/emulsifier over filled and spilled hot water and a non-stick chemical onto the employee burning his lower back, legs, and feet.

Contact with hot objects or substances · Multiple body parts (other) · Manufacturing

May 3, 2022 · R & L Carriers Shared Services, LLC Hospitalized

An employee staged a forklift in front of the dock door and exited the forklift to raise the overhead door. After raising the dock door, he began to board his forklift, and another forklift backed out of a neighboring dock door and pinned him against the left side of his forklift. His left tibia was fractured.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area · Lower leg(s) · Transportation and warehousing

May 2, 2022 · IPMF LLC Amputation

An employee had been loading frozen blocks of salmon chum into a meat grinder. A block jammed in the top infeed of the grinder. The employee turned off the machine and went to unjam the grinder. The auger was still rotating and amputated the employee's left little and ring fingers.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1594988

Feb 17, 2022 · Coextruded Plastic Technologies, Inc. Amputation

An employee was assessing a nonfunctioning overhead garage door motor. When he touched the belt to check its tension, it activated and his hand was pulled between the belt and a pulley. The distal tip of the employee's right second digit was amputated at the base of the nailbed.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1580051

Nov 11, 2021 · Seneca Foods Corporation Hospitalized

An employee was diagnosing an issue on a destoner. The employee went up a set of stairs and climbed onto the equipment. To get down, the employee jumped down onto the 180-degree pre-heat water reservoir cover. When the employee jumped down, his right leg landed on a carrot, which caused part of his right leg to go into a 3-by-3-foot open hatch and into the water below. The employee suffered second degree burns to his lower right leg.

Other jump to lower level · Lower leg(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1565425

Sep 13, 2021 · Van Brocklin Electric, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was testing a just-installed electrical switchgear. While the employee was testing a fuse, an electrical arc burned the employee's right arm and forearm.

Direct exposure to electricity · Multiple arm locations · Construction

Sep 7, 2021 · Union Corrugating Company Hospitalized

An employee was loading a press machine when their left forearm was struck and lacerated by the sheet of corrugated metal that was being loaded. The laceration resulted in tendon damage.

Struck by object or equipment · Forearm(s) · Manufacturing