Severe Workplace Injuries in Sheboygan, Wisconsin

Jun 29, 2025 · Nemak USA, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee in the melt department was getting ready to put a recirculation pump into the pump housing area. He first put the pump in a cabinet to warm it up to avoid thermal shock. It shifted and the cold refractory contacted the hot metal. Molten metal contacted the employee, resulting in third-degree burns between their knee(s) and ankle(s). The employee was wearing some personal protective equipment (PPE) at the time but this was breached by the molten metal.

Contact with hot objects or substances · Lower leg(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1835107

Jan 29, 2025 · LakeHouse Sheboygan Hospitalized

On January 29, 2025, a medical technician was performing their duties in a patient room. As they went to leave the room, they tripped over a concrete dog statue and fell to the floor. The employee sustained a broken left hip.

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

Nov 8, 2024 · Plastics Engineering Company Hospitalized

On November 8, 2024, an employee climbed onto a machine belt to clear a jammed chunk of plastic from between two heated rollers. The employee deenergized the machine, but the rollers were still coasting. The employee's gloved hand was pulled into the rollers and became trapped between the heated rollers (~330 F) for approximately 12 minutes. The employee was hospitalized with severe burns to the right hand and the complete amputation of four fingers.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1788620

Oct 9, 2024 · STKJR 111, LLC Hospitalized

On October 9, 2024, an employee was walking up a ladder to change HVAC filters on a roof when they lost their balance and fell to the tile floor. The employee was hospitalized with a torn hamstring.

Other fall to lower level · Thigh(s) · Hotels and restaurants

Oct 7, 2024 · Vollrath Company, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was troubleshooting a hydraulic press when a cylinder came up and crushed the employee's right foot between an angle iron and the cylinder. The employee was hospitalized with crushed right foot at the base of the big toe.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Foot (feet), toe(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1781726

Aug 28, 2024 · Nemak USA, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was sliding a steel work table when the table caught on an uneven surface and tipped over onto his left leg causing a fracture.

Struck by object tipping over · Leg(s) · Manufacturing

Aug 7, 2024 · Ingersoll Rand, Inc. Amputation

An employee was setting up dies on a die casting machine. The machine's ram unexpectedly returned from the down position and caught the tip of the employee's right thumb against a pinch point in the shot sleeve. The employee suffered an open fracture/amputation to the thumb tip. The machine was not locked out at the time.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1770343

Feb 27, 2024 · Georgia Pacific Corporation Hospitalized

An employee was clearing a fault on her machine when she slipped on preprint corrugated sheets lying on the floor and fell to the concrete floor. She sustained a fractured right hip and a bruised right wrist.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Hip joint(s) · Manufacturing

Jan 10, 2024 · Nemak USA, Inc. Amputation

An employee was troubleshooting an issue with a dust collector when his hand was pulled into the pulley of the power transmission belt, resulting in a partial amputation to his right ring finger.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1720655

Jun 8, 2023 · Alpine Insulation 1, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was pumping lightweight gypsum flooring into a room on the second floor. The employee then went to help another individual who was trying to remove a sheet of drywall from the middle of a stack of 1/2 inch plywood that was leaning against a wall. As the other individual pulled out the sheet of drywall, approximately 14 sheets of plywood fell over onto the injured employee, resulting in a lateral tibial plateau fracture and lateral meniscus tear of the left knee.

Struck by falling object or equipment (other) · Knee(s) · Construction

Apr 25, 2023 · Hygienic Fabrics and Filters, Inc. Amputation

An employee was unjamming a sheeter knife machine when they sustained a partial left middle finger amputation. The machine was guarded at the time.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1672399

Feb 25, 2023 · Skogen's Foodliner, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was walking to their car after their shift and slipped on snow/ice and fell in the parking lot, resulting in a left femur fracture.

Fall on same level due to slipping · Thigh(s) · Retail

Feb 9, 2023 · Old Wisconsin Sausage Company, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was walking toward the oven in the smoking department when they slipped and fell, resulting in a left hip fracture.

Fall on same level due to slipping · Hip(s) · Manufacturing

Aug 23, 2022 · Kohl's Hospitalized

An employee fell from the top step of a rolling ladder to the floor about 10 feet below. The employee suffered a broken skull.

Other fall to lower level · Skull · Retail · OSHA inspection 1620575

Jun 29, 2022 · Ingersoll Rand, Inc. Amputation

An employee was operating an aluminum trim press. While reaching down to put another part in a bin, their right hand was crushed by the press resulting in a partial amputation of a finger.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1607203

Jun 18, 2022 · The Vollrath Company LLC Amputation

An employee was trying to put a piece of solid metal tooling into a rack. As the employee was sliding the tooling onto a skid, it started to fall and pinched the employee's left middle finger against a forklift tine. The employee suffered a partial amputation to the fingertip, as well as fractures to two fingers.

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

May 6, 2022 · Nemak USA, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was preparing a machine for setup and leaned forward to clean off an area. As he was backing out he misstepped over a hose, lost balance, and fell backward into the gravity slide table striking the left side of his back and head. The employee sustained a back contusion and a laceration (approximately 1 inch) to the head.

Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Head and trunk · Manufacturing

Apr 27, 2022 · Muth Mirror Systems, LLC Hospitalized

A forklift ran over three toes on an employee's right foot, breaking them.

Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area · Toes(s), toenail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1595152

Dec 7, 2021 · Kohler Co. Hospitalized

An employee walked to the truck dock to access the back of his freight truck when his foot caught the edge of a pallet with a battery on it, causing him to trip and fall across the battery on the pallet. The employee suffered five broken ribs.

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

Nov 15, 2021 · Torginol, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was cleaning a paint conveyor belt when they were pulled into the conveyor belt and 20-inch rollers. The employee was hospitalized with 11 broken ribs.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1564962

Sep 16, 2021 · Kohler Co. Hospitalized

An employee was installing a radiator on a generator. A part fell and struck the employee on the head and left shoulder. The employee suffered head trauma.

Struck by falling object or equipment · Brain · Manufacturing

Jun 1, 2021 · Gardner Denver Thomas, Inc. Hospitalized

Two employees were fixing the clamping mechanism on a trim press. The press activated and came down on top of an employee's left thumb and lacerated it.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1534848

Feb 18, 2021 · Vinton Construction Company Hospitalized

An employee was dismounting an excavator after loading it onto a lowboy trailer. The employee slipped, but managed to catch the grab handle to avoid falling. The sudden stop ruptured a cyst in the employee's abdomen.

Slip on vehicle without fall-nontransport · Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Construction

Dec 15, 2020 · Nemschoff, Inc. Amputation

An employee was holding a clamp while cutting a piece of wood with a horizontal table router. The employee's right hand slid off the clamp and struck the router bit, which caused a partial amputation to the middle fingertip.

Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1507589

Nov 15, 2020 · Walmart Hospitalized

An employee fell while moving plastic totes, landing on the ground and suffering a broken hip and femur.

Fall on same level (other) · Hip(s) and leg(s) · Retail

Oct 6, 2020 · Precision Roofing Services Inc Hospitalized

The injured employee was working on the roof of a private residence installing membrane around a chimney. He was untangling his safety line from a co-worker's safety line when he fell approximately 9 feet to the ground below. The injured employee sustained a punctured lung and a brain bleed.

Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet · Head and trunk · Construction · OSHA inspection 1497041

Sep 1, 2020 · Watry Industries LLC Hospitalized

An employee was charging an aluminum furnace by adding a solid aluminum ingot into the molten aluminum bath. When the ingot was added, an explosion occurred and the employee sustained burns to multiple parts of the body.

Contact with hot objects or substances · Multiple body parts · Manufacturing

Jun 12, 2020 · Scandia Plastics, LLC Amputation

An employee was troubleshooting a press. The employee had used a ladder to reach a portion of the press when the press activated and caused a partial amputation to his left middle fingertip.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1480084

Jan 16, 2020 · Nemak USA, Inc. Amputation

An employee was working on a running lathe. He was attempting to advance the ring on the well to make it flush with another component. When he attempted to mark the steel with a marker, the long finger of his left hand was caught between the gap in the ring, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Caught in running equipment or machinery · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1457989

Jan 9, 2020 · CSE Construction Amputation

An employee was laying steel columns out for future placement with another employee and a crane. When the crane lifted the column, the material started rotating. The injured employee placed his hand on the column to stabilize it and his right ring finger was pinched between the shackle and the column, amputating the fingertip.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Fingertip(s) · Construction · OSHA inspection 1456073