Severe Workplace Injuries in La Crosse, Wisconsin

Jul 25, 2025 · Ace Hardware Corporation Amputation

An employee was aligning a shipping offload conveyor. A component of the machine caught the employee's left middle finger, amputating it above the second knuckle.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Other finger(s) (other) · Retail · OSHA inspection 1841432

Jul 22, 2025 · Baraboo Tent and Awning, Inc. Hospitalized

On 7/22/2025, an employee had been working outside with coworkers for roughly 4.5 hours, replacing fabric on awning frames. The temperature ranged from the mid 70 s to the low 80 s during this time period. The employee was hospitalized with heat stress and dehydration.

Exposure to environmental heat outdoor · Body systems · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1841215

Jul 15, 2025 · First Supply Hospitalized

An employee was traveling through a loading dock area on a stand-up forklift. His foot was pinned between the forklift and a column, resulting in fractures to the foot and the heel.

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

May 29, 2025 · Gundersen Health Systems Hospitalized

An employee collected rags in a housekeeping closet. They were finishing up their shift and traversing to a locker room with a wheeled garbage cart. The employee fell to the floor and struck their right hip. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip.

Fall on same level (other) · Hip joint(s) · Health care and social assistance

Feb 12, 2025 · Triangle Warehouse Inc Hospitalized

An employee was walking back to his truck cab when he slipped and fell on ice covered by freshly fallen snow, resulting in a torn quadricep muscle.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Thigh(s) · Transportation and warehousing

Feb 8, 2025 · Inland Label and Marketing Services, LLC Amputation

An employee was setting up a machine when pins dropped from the machine's upper plate to its lower plate. This caused the plates to bind. The employee was clearing the bind when her right index fingertip was caught between the plates and amputated.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services · OSHA inspection 1805143

Dec 26, 2024 · Select Custom Solutions, LLC Amputation

An employee was checking an inline magnet. The magnet was placed on a cart next to another magnet and the magnets moved toward each other. The employee's right ring fingertip was caught and amputated.

Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Manufacturing

Oct 3, 2024 · Dairyland Power Cooperative Hospitalized

An employee was adjusting the turnbuckle on the sash chain of a rolling overhead fire door using pliers. The turnbuckle detached from the bracket and the bracket rotated, striking the employee's forearm. The employee was hospitalized with a laceration.

Other contact with non-running objects or equipment (other) · Forearm(s) · Utilities

Aug 7, 2024 · XeteX, Inc. Hospitalized

The injured employee was bending sheet metal on a brake press while fabricating components for an HVAC system. The injured employee and a co-worker were holding a 9-foot x 4.5-foot piece of steel and turning it to make another bend when the sheet slipped. As it dropped, the sheet of steel caused a severe laceration to the injured employee's left wrist and cut a tendon.

Struck by object dropped by person · Wrist(s) · Manufacturing

Jul 2, 2024 · Select Custom Solutions, LLC Amputation

An employee was working on a blending line and connecting a rotary valve to the bagging. He attempted to clear some powder stuck on the rotary valve while the blades were moving, resulting in the amputation of his right middle fingertip.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1766245

Apr 24, 2024 · Ken Vance Motors, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee missed a concrete step while walking outside and fell, landing on their face. They sustained a laceration to the forehead, broken teeth, a bruised rib, and a concussion.

Slip, trip, stumble while stepping between levels · Brain · Retail

Mar 15, 2024 · Design Air, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was removing HVAC pipes and ductwork from the back of a box truck using a hand cart and fell approximately 3.75 feet from the truck to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured tibia and a dislocated right leg.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Multiple leg locations · Wholesale trade

Mar 13, 2024 · City Brewing Company, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was removing a section of pipe to access valves that needed to be replaced on a brewing machine when a valve was opened. This caused hot wort (220 degrees Fahrenheit) to splash on him at an unknown pressure. He sustained second degree burns to his chin, cheeks, forehead, the left side of his chest, left arm, left hand, and right hand.

Contact with hot objects or substances · Multiple body parts (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1736177

Jun 12, 2023 · City Brewing Company, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was standing on top of a stack of pallets approximately 3 feet, 9 inches tall to adjust a conveyor near a palletizer. The employee lost his balance when coming down from the pallets and fell to the concrete floor below, resulting in a compound fracture to his left wrist.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Wrist(s) · Manufacturing

Feb 16, 2023 · Kwik Trip, Inc. Amputation

An employee was operating a powered pallet jack when he noticed plastic was wrapped around the wheel. The employee got off the pallet jack while a co-worker used their pallet jack forks to lift up the vehicle so the employee could remove the plastic. As the employee grabbed the plastic, the pallet jack shifted off the co-workers pallet jack and fell onto the employees' fingers. They sustained amputations to the right middle and ring fingertips.

Struck by other falling powered vehicle · Fingertip(s) · Transportation and warehousing

Sep 1, 2022 · Mayo Clinic Health System Hospitalized

An employee was walking down the hall when a co-worker spoke to her from behind. The employee turned her head to the left to acknowledge the co-worker when her toe caught on the floor. She lost her balance and took a few steps forward, trying to catch herself. The employee fell into the wall and hit her head, resulting in a headache and subarachnoid hematoma.

Fall on same level (other) · Brain · Health care and social assistance

Feb 14, 2022 · Hydrite Chemical Co Hospitalized

An employee was carrying a bucket of nitric acid when it hit a railing. Nitric acid splashed onto the employee's face and into the employee's mouth, causing a chemical burn.

Exposure to other harmful substance-multiple routes of exposure · Multiple face locations · Wholesale trade

Dec 1, 2021 · Bethany St. Joseph Corporation Hospitalized

An employee suffered a muscle tear near the stomach while trying to lift a resident into bed.

Overexertion in lifting-single episode · Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Health care and social assistance

Oct 19, 2021 · Advanced Fiber Products, Inc. Amputation

An employee was servicing a puller pack for a product line in a pultrusion area. The puller pack's hydraulic clamping cylinder clamped down on the employee's right hand. The employee suffered a partial amputation to the index finger. The puller pack was energized at the time.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1560199

Aug 23, 2021 · Gillette Pepsi, Inc. Amputation

An employee was reversing a forklift out of a pick location and struck a plastic barrier around the steel support beams. The employee's right little finger was crushed between the forklift and the barrier, resulting in a partial fingertip amputation.

Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing

Aug 4, 2021 · MATHY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY Hospitalized

An employee was using a hammer to strike a steel wedge. A piece of the hammer broke off and struck the employee's left index finger, causing a laceration that required surgery.

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

Jun 24, 2021 · Torrance Casting, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was using a hammer to break sprues off castings when they began to experience symptoms of heat exhaustion and were hospitalized.

Exposure to environmental heat · Body systems · Manufacturing

Jun 9, 2021 · United Parcel Service, Inc. Hospitalized

On June 9, 2021, an employee suffered dehydration while driving a package car, delivering parcels.

Exposure to environmental heat · Body systems · Transportation and warehousing

Feb 24, 2021 · MC CABE ROOFING & SHEET METAL, INC. Hospitalized

An employee fell through an unstable fiberglass skylight and suffered a back injury.

Fall through surface or existing opening · Back, including spine, spinal cord · Construction · OSHA inspection 1517151

Oct 13, 2020 · La Crosse Graphics, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was using a rag to wipe pieces of paper from the press rollers. The rag got pulled into the rollers and pulled the employee's arm into the nip point. Their right arm was degloved from the elbow down.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Forearm(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1498399

Aug 27, 2020 · Kwik Trip Inc Amputation

An employee was changing the drum brakes on a yard truck. As he used a pry bar to help install the upper brake shoe of the right rear drum, his left little finger was caught between the S-Cam roller and the brake shoe. The fingertip was amputated.

Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Fingertip(s) · Other services

Aug 5, 2020 · Kwik Trip, Inc. Amputation

An employee was performing routine maintenance on a running bottle conveyor when the rag she was holding got pulled into the conveyor, injuring her left hand and causing a partial amputation of the left thumb. The employee was hospitalized.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1487508

Jun 3, 2020 · Crown Beverage Manufacturing Amputation

An employee was helping to reinsert a 10,000-lb. die set on a cupper. While pushing the die set in, the employee s left hand was on the bottom of the die set, with the tips of his fingers in a recessed hole underneath the die set. As the die set slid into place, the employee's fingertips were contacted by the straight edge of the lower base of the cavity, resulting in the amputation of the index, middle, and ring fingertips.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Fingertip(s) · Wholesale trade

Jan 8, 2020 · DuraTech Industries, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee suffered breathing problems and a burn to the lungs while extinguishing a fire. The employee was hospitalized.

Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids · Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Manufacturing

Aug 14, 2019 · Trane Company Amputation

An employee was turning a unit and brushing welded flanges. The employee's left foot was caught between the lifting table and the surface of the unit, resulting in an amputation to the big toe and the second toe.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Toes(s), toenail(s) · Wholesale trade