Severe Workplace Injuries in Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin
Employers in Sheboygan Falls reported 14 severe work injuries to OSHA from 2015 through November 2025: 8 workers hospitalized and 7 amputations (50% of reports). Manufacturing accounts for the most reports. OSHA opened an inspection after 10 of them.
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How workers were hurt
Parts of the body injured
OSHA inspections in Sheboygan Falls since 2015
Workplace safety inspectors opened 43 inspections at Sheboygan Falls workplaces, and 25 of them (58%) ended with at least one violation. Inspectors cited 54 serious, 0 willful and 1 repeat violations, with current penalties totaling $217,663.
Rules cited most often:
Recent inspections with penalties
| Employer | Violations | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| Johnsonville, LLC (referral, details) | 4 (2 serious+) | $29,958 |
| Johnsonville, LLC (referral, details) | 7 (7 serious+) | $62,890 |
| Johnsonville Sausage LLC (referral, details) | 2 (1 serious+) | $21,646 |
| Specialty Sales LLC (complaint, details) | 3 (3 serious+) | $4,800 |
| Milliporesigma (referral, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $4,609 |
| Milliporesigma (referral, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $4,609 |
| Mk Building & Remodeling LLC (planned, details) | 3 (3 serious+) | $2,000 |
| Sharon S. Richardson Community Hospice, Inc. (complaint, details) | 6 (6 serious+) | $9,986 |
| Johnsonville, LLC (unprogrammed, details) | 1 | $13,653 |
| K-W Electric, Inc (planned, details) | 2 | $405 |
| States Drywall And Painting, Inc. (planned, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $2,313 |
| Entech Builders Inc. (planned, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $1,966 |
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 14 newest severe injury reports from Sheboygan Falls employers, as OSHA published them.
Nov 21, 2025 · Johnsonville, LLC Amputation
An employee was removing defective packages from a bin on a packaging line. Their left ring finger was caught by a rotating shaft in the packaging conveyor system, resulting in the amputation of the entire finger.
Struck by running powered equipment · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1861925
Oct 1, 2025 · Johnsonville, LLC Amputation
An employee was cleaning a part on a pedestal grinder. The employee's middle finger contacted the abrasive wheel, resulting in a partial amputation.
Struck by running powered equipment (other) · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1859358
Apr 17, 2025 · Johnsonville Sausage LLC Amputation
An employee was operating a packaging machine when a plastic ribbon on the packaging film broke. The employee went to retrieve the broken ribbon when the machine cycled and contacted their right hand, resulting in amputation of the third and fourth fingers on the right hand. The machine was guarded at the time.
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1820676
Aug 1, 2024 · Johnsonville Sausage LLC Hospitalized
An employee was walking when they stumbled and fell, landing on a large industrial flashlight and resulting in a fracture to their right femur.
Fall on same level · Thigh(s) · Manufacturing
Oct 17, 2023 · MilliporeSigma Hospitalized
On October 17, 2023, an employee was at a sink while using a solvent to unclog a vacuum trap dip tube that contained solids from pinacolborane distillation. During this process, the sink caught on fire and the solvent bottle containing tert-butyl methyl ether fell into the burning sink. The employee attempted to remove the solvent bottle which also caught on fire and suffered burns to their neck and left hand.
Fire · Multiple body parts (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1705923
Oct 13, 2023 · MilliporeSigma Hospitalized
An employee was cleaning a gauge using MTBE (methyl-tert butyl ether) from a header that pipes into a stainless steel sink in the cleaning room of the production distillation building. As the employee was cleaning, they noticed a fire in the sink. The fire flashed upward toward the employee, causing them to sustain first-and second- degree burns to the hands, arms and face.
Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids · Multiple body parts (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1706618
Sep 30, 2020 · Curt G Joa, Inc. Amputation
The employee was working on a bearing assembly that was in a bench vise. As he was putting pressure on the part with a wrench to tighten it up, the part came out of the vise and started falling to the floor. The employee tried to catch it and pinched the tip of his finger between the falling part and the edge of the work bench resulting in a partial fingertip amputation.
Struck by falling object or equipment (other) · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing
Sep 27, 2020 · Staff Management Solutions, LLC Amputation
A temporary employee was bagging the forming head on a packaging machine so the machine could be pre-rinsed. The forming head activated, coming into contact with the employee's left hand and partially amputating the middle finger.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services · OSHA inspection 1496069
Nov 2, 2018 · Jifram Extrusions Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was using an air nozzle to clean a dual-head table router. The router's blade hit the employee's right thumb, lacerating it.
Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1358763
Aug 2, 2018 · Johnsonville LLC Amputation
An employee was inspecting equipment when a sweeper belt/pulley caught her right little finger. Part of the first digit was amputated.
Caught in running equipment or machinery (other) · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing
May 28, 2018 · Dura-Trel, Inc. Amputation
An employee was operating a lathe. The lathe caught the employee's glove, amputating the right little finger at the second knuckle.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1362706
Jan 9, 2017 · Johnsonville Sausage LLC Hospitalized
An employee was dispensing cleaning chemicals when the chemicals spilled on the floor and mixed together. While attempting to clean up the spill, the employee inhaled the fumes and experienced difficulty breathing.
Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode · Body systems · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1203947
Mar 23, 2015 · Bemis Manufacturing Company Hospitalized
An employee was placing abrasive material in an injection molding machine to purge the machine. The employee lost his balance and fell off of the machine, injuring his shoulder and forearm.
Other fall to lower level · Shoulder(s) and arm(s) · Manufacturing
Jan 23, 2015 · Sommer Processing Hospitalized
On January 23, 2015, an employee was injured under a tipped over forklift.
Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway · Nonclassifiable · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1023593
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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