Severe Workplace Injuries in Menasha, Wisconsin
Employers in Menasha reported 23 severe work injuries to OSHA from 2015 through July 2025: 12 workers hospitalized and 13 amputations (57% of reports). Manufacturing accounts for the most reports. OSHA opened an inspection after 9 of them.
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How workers were hurt
Parts of the body injured
OSHA inspections in Menasha since 2015
Workplace safety inspectors opened 132 inspections at Menasha workplaces, and 90 of them (68%) ended with at least one violation. Inspectors cited 175 serious, 0 willful and 14 repeat violations, with current penalties totaling $639,426.
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Recent inspections with penalties
| Employer | Violations | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| Ninedorf Remodeling And Home Services, LLC (other, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $2,780 |
| Essity Professional Hygiene Na LLC (referral, details) | 4 (4 serious+) | $28,136 |
| Alvarado Telecom, LLC (complaint, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $4,965 |
| Jordan Witt Contracting LLC (other, details) | 3 (3 serious+) | $3,500 |
| Vanessa Morales (planned, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $32,346 |
| U.S. Paper Mills Corp. (complaint, details) | 6 (6 serious+) | $35,464 |
| Recovery Restorations General Contracting LLC (planned, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $8,513 |
| Molondros Roofing, LLC (planned, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $21,281 |
| Anna Cecilia Avella Ramirez (planned, details) | 3 (3 serious+) | $4,964 |
| Hard Rock Sawing & Drilling Specialists Co. (planned, details) | 2 (1 serious+) | $5,958 |
| The Chrome Shop, Inc. (complaint, details) | 9 (6 serious+) | $4,500 |
| Kbm Enterprises LLC (planned, details) | 7 (7 serious+) | $5,000 |
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 23 newest severe injury reports from Menasha employers, as OSHA published them.
Jul 1, 2025 · Watters Plumbing Hospitalized
An employee exited his work truck when it began rolling and he went to stop it. The employee was hospitalized with injuries to his hamstrings.
Event or exposure · Thigh(s) · Construction
Mar 1, 2023 · Crucible Metal Solutions, Inc. Amputation
An employee was assisting contractors with removing components from a machine. The employee had their right hand resting on the adjustable jib boom attachment of a forklift. A contractor pulled the adjustment pin and the boom slid down, pinching the employee's ring finger and resulting in an amputation at the first knuckle.
Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1656137
May 26, 2022 · Press Color, Inc. Amputation
An employee was moving drums off a skid. When he set a drum back down, his ring finger was caught between the rims of two drums resulting in amputation of the fingertip.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing
Dec 4, 2021 · Intertape Polymer Group Amputation
An employee was trying to guide a shaft (on a hoist) into the primary arms on a laminator. The clamps on the laminator were activated and closed on the employee's right ring finger, causing an amputation to the fingertip.
Caught in running equipment or machinery (other) · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing
Nov 11, 2021 · Sonoco (SPG) Incorporated Hospitalized
An employee was inspecting paper for defects while standing on the end of a roll of paper in a machine. The machine was jogged and pulled the paper out from under the employee's feet. The employee fell to the floor, suffering a possible hip fracture.
Other fall to lower level · Hip(s) · Manufacturing
May 16, 2021 · Sonoco Hospitalized
An employee had removed a deckle nozzle to change it. It dropped, and as he tried to catch it his glove was caught in the cylinder. He suffered a degloving to the right thumb.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1535163
Apr 15, 2021 · TC Transcontinental Holding Corporation Amputation
On April 15, 2021, an employee was removing rust from the spindle of a lathe using an emery cloth when their glove become entangled in the back chuck, resulting in a partial degloving of the right middle finger and complete amputation of the right ring and pinky fingers.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1526858
Mar 6, 2021 · Essity Amputation
An employee was on a catwalk, cleaning the shower on a paper machine. As he was using a wrench to rotate the shower shaft with his right hand, the indicator came around and caught the tip of his left index finger, causing a partial amputation to the finger pad.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing
Jun 24, 2020 · Intertape Polymer Group Amputation
An employee was using a rag to clean ink blots from the rollers of a flexo press. The rag became caught in the rollers and pulled the employee's left hand into the machine's rollers. The employee sustained amputation of the left index and middle fingertips.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing
Oct 7, 2019 · Landair Transport Amputation
An employee was standing near his tractor and waiting for a service truck. When the service truck arrived, the driver's foot slipped off the brake. The employee was then pinned and crushed between his tractor and the service truck. He was hospitalized for excessive blood loss in a lower extremity and his right leg had to be amputated above the knee.
Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area (other) · Thigh(s) · Transportation and warehousing
Apr 19, 2019 · Dura-Fibre, LLC Amputation
An employee was performing maintenance on a baler. Knives on the baler amputated the employee's right hand.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Hand(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1395322
Apr 9, 2019 · LSC Communications US, Inc Hospitalized
An employee was engaged in changeover activities on the press stacker when the stacker table activated and pinned him, injuring his head and right arm.
Caught in running equipment or machinery (other) · Multiple body parts (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1393619
Feb 5, 2019 · U.S. Postal Service Hospitalized
An employee slipped on an icy sidewalk while delivering mail and fractured the right ankle.
Fall on same level due to slipping · Ankle(s) · Transportation and warehousing
Oct 16, 2018 · Ascension NE Saint Elizabeth Campus Hospitalized
An employee tripped and fell into a wall, fracturing her left arm.
Fall onto or against object on same level (other) · Arm(s) · Health care and social assistance
Jul 2, 2018 · LSC Communications, Inc Amputation
An employee was webbing paper into a press when the press's blanket cylinders caught the employee's left hand. The employee suffered damage to the middle and ring fingers, resulting in surgical amputation of the middle finger to the first joint.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1328677
Jan 4, 2018 · WOW Logistics Company Hospitalized
On January 4, 2017, at approximately 4:50 a.m., an employee used a stand-up forklift to place a pallet onto a storage rack. He was backing away from the pallet when his right heel was caught and lacerated between an upright behind him and the operator compartment of the lift. He required stitches and overnight hospitalization.
Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Heel(s) · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1287611
Jul 24, 2017 · Gunderson Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was on a loading dock looking for his cart. He had one foot on the dock plate and the other foot on a truck when the truck pulled away. He then fell, injuring his knee and requiring hospitalization and surgery.
Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway · Knee(s) · Other services
Nov 9, 2016 · Orbis Amputation
As an employee was reversing the forklift, he placed his right hand on the forklift cage. His thumb struck against a cylinder protruding from one of the plastics machines, amputating three-quarters of the thumb.
Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing
Jun 6, 2016 · Lunda Construction Amputation
On June 6, 2016, an employee suffered an arm amputation above the elbow while working with a jack.
Nonclassifiable · Forearm(s) · Construction · OSHA inspection 1153775
Dec 28, 2015 · SCA Tissue Amputation
While moving a strainer onto a rack for cleaning, the rack slipped and pinched the employee's finger between the rack and the strainer weighing approximately 40 lbs. The fingertip was amputated.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing
Oct 10, 2015 · Graphic Packaging International, Inc. Amputation
An employee was working by a sheeter roll and was using a wedge so it wouldn't move. When he placed the wedge, the roll moved and it pinched his fingers. The roll weighs 2,000 lbs. The hand specialist had to amputate the right middle fingertip.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing
May 4, 2015 · Lunda Construction Hospitalized
An employee was stripping concrete form work. The employee was tied off to the concrete form work when it moved and fell to the ground. The employee was pulled by the falling form work and hit the ground. The employee fell 14 feet and was hospitalized with head and back injuries.
Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet · Head and trunk · Construction · OSHA inspection 1060635
Jan 20, 2015 · Belgioioso cheese, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee dismounted a forklift into a puddle of water and slipped. The employee suffered a groin tear/sprain.
Slip on substance without fall · Groin · 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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