Severe Workplace Injuries in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
Employers in Sun Prairie reported 31 severe work injuries to OSHA from 2015 through November 2025: 22 workers hospitalized and 9 amputations (29% of reports). Manufacturing accounts for the most reports. OSHA opened an inspection after 14 of them.
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OSHA inspections in Sun Prairie since 2015
Workplace safety inspectors opened 98 inspections at Sun Prairie workplaces, and 58 of them (59%) ended with at least one violation. Inspectors cited 96 serious, 0 willful and 13 repeat violations, with current penalties totaling $658,659.
Rules cited most often:
Recent inspections with penalties
| Employer | Violations | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| Iconic Foundations LLC (other, details) | 3 (3 serious+) | $5,391 |
| Esmith Construction LLC (planned, details) | 2 (1 serious+) | $12,394 |
| Mgc Construction LLC (planned, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $5,587 |
| Oms Siding Services, LLC (planned, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $3,972 |
| Padilla Roofing LLC (planned, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $12,000 |
| Velasquez Roofing & Ceiling (planned, details) | 2 (1 serious+) | $5,363 |
| Wisconsin Quality Roofing LLC (planned, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $2,340 |
| Scott's Of Wisconsin, LLC (planned, details) | 5 (3 serious+) | $19,486 |
| Independent Pharmacy Cooperative (referral, details) | 1 | $8,067 |
| Davilas Construction LLC (planned, details) | 3 (2 serious+) | $77,485 |
| T&M Construction And Roofing LLC (planned, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $6,786 |
| Palmer Johnson Power Systems, LLC (complaint, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $9,255 |
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 30 newest severe injury reports from Sun Prairie employers, as OSHA published them.
Nov 11, 2025 · Pan-O-Gold Baking Co. Amputation
An employee was manually rotating a mixer's drive belt. As the employee was trying to locate a part number on the belt, a pinch point on a gear under the belt caught their right hand. The employee sustained amputation of the middle and ring fingertips.
Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Manufacturing
Dec 23, 2024 · Kraemer Brothers, LLC Amputation
An employee was cutting a 2 x 4 on a table saw when the wood kicked back and his right hand slipped, contacting the blade. The employee's right index finger was amputated and he sustained a laceration to his right ring finger.
Struck by running powered equipment irregular movement, kick back · Other finger(s) (other) · Construction · OSHA inspection 1795409
Dec 19, 2024 · MacDon Enterprises, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was using a magnetic lifting device (800 lbs. capacity) attached to an 12-ton overhead bridge crane using a single lift point to lift and carry a large weldment. The weldment separated from the magnet and fell onto the employee's left foot, breaking four toes.
Struck by other falling object (other) · Toes(s), toenail(s) · Manufacturing
Dec 2, 2024 · Independent Pharmacy Cooperative Hospitalized
An employee was descending a set of rolling stairs when he missed the last step and fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with injuries to his ankle and leg.
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Ankle(s) and leg(s) · Wholesale trade · OSHA inspection 1792506
May 21, 2024 · Woodman's Food Market, Inc. Amputation
An employee was cutting wood with a table saw when their finger sustained a cut, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
Struck by running powered equipment (other) · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Wholesale trade · OSHA inspection 1749711
May 20, 2024 · AERES Holdings, LLC Hospitalized
After completing an HVAC service, an employee was descending a roof access ladder when he slipped and his arm was caught between the rungs of the ladder. The employee sustained a compound fracture of the left forearm and required surgery.
Fall to lower level caught self or curtailed · Forearm(s) · Construction
May 5, 2024 · Woodman's Food Market, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was picking merchandise from shelving while standing on the platform of an order picker about eight feet off the ground when he fell to the concrete floor. He sustained head trauma including a concussion and laceration to head.
Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet · Brain · Retail · OSHA inspection 1746294
Mar 8, 2024 · Patriot Builders of Wisconsin, LLC Amputation
An employee was using a miter saw attached to a stand to cut a piece of base trim. The base trim kicked and pulled his right hand toward the saw blade, resulting in amputation of the index finger.
Struck by running powered equipment irregular movement, kick back · Other finger(s) (other) · Construction · OSHA inspection 1735863
Oct 16, 2023 · Walmart, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was walking from the receiving area to the grocery section. A customer was waiting for the employee around a corner and stabbed the employee multiple times with a sharp object. The employee was stabbed in the back, abdomen, and left side.
Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing · Multiple body parts · Retail
Jun 23, 2023 · ContiTech USA, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was undoing a kink in the mandrel press that she was operating. As the employee was pulling on the mandrel, it let loose and she fell to the concrete floor, fracturing her hip.
Fall on same level (other) · Hip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1679435
Jun 19, 2023 · Wolf Paving Co., Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was raising a water valve using a T-arm tool when they lost their footing and fell onto hot asphalt, resulting in second-degree burns to their right forearm and upper left arm.
Fall on same level · Multiple arm locations (other) · Manufacturing
Oct 6, 2022 · Trachte Building Systems, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was helping guide a forklift as it tipped a 2,190-pound steel coil upright. The coil started to tip over, and the employee's foot was caught under it. Her first, second, and third metatarsal bones were broken.
Struck by object or equipment · Foot (feet) (other) · Manufacturing
Feb 15, 2022 · Imperial Blades, LLC Amputation
An employee was operating a spot welder and holding an anchor in place. The machine cycled and amputated the employee's fingertip.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1579738
Aug 11, 2021 · Lakeshore Recycling Systems, LLC Hospitalized
An employee was opening the hinged doors on the back of a truck when a cardboard drum fell and struck the employee in the head, resulting in two fractured vertebrae.
Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Nonclassifiable · Administrative, staffing and waste services
Feb 1, 2021 · J.H. Findorff & Son, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee ascended an extension ladder to help guide a bundle of metal decking. The employee fell off the ladder about 9 feet to the next lower working surface and sustained a broken femur.
Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet · Thigh(s) · Construction
Sep 14, 2020 · Cardinal Roofing and Construction, Inc. Hospitalized
On September 14, 2020, an employee fell approximately 13-14 feet from the edge of a roof onto the ground. The employee sustained a fractured sternum and vertebrae.
Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet · Multiple body parts · Construction · OSHA inspection 1500151
Aug 15, 2020 · Cabelas Hospitalized
On August 15, 2020, an employee working at a cash register experienced a back spasm that required hospitalization.
Overexertion and bodily reaction · Back, including spine, spinal cord · Retail
Jun 30, 2020 · Madison-Kipp Corporation Hospitalized
A maintenance employee was injected with hydraulic fluid in the right index finger while using their hand to try to feel for a hydraulic hose leak.
Struck by discharged object or substance · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing
Apr 15, 2020 · Electric Construction, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was performing electrical work on a 6-foot step ladder at ceiling height when he fell and impacted the floor. He was hospitalized with a broken wrist, cracked ribs, and head contusion.
Other fall to lower level · Multiple body parts (other) · Construction
Feb 23, 2020 · Pan-O-Gold Baking Co. Amputation
On February 23, 2020, at approximately 12:30 a.m. an employee was working in a commercial bakery on a bread line machine where the dough is rolled into a loaf. The employee needed to clean the machine top belt, which is done by manually opening the top of the belt in a door-like fashion. The employee finished cleaning the belt and when he closed the belt manually, the employee's left pinky finger was closed in the belt and amputated.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1466447
Nov 22, 2019 · Devon's Chocolates, LLC Hospitalized
An employee was filling a missing cell into a carrier, which involved opening a door while a conveyor was running. The sleeve of the employee's smock was caught in the sprocket that moved the conveyor; the employee's arm was pulled into and through the sprocket, and the employee was trapped in the machine. She was hospitalized.
Caught in running equipment or machinery · Arm(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1448227
Nov 11, 2019 · Statz Bros., Inc. Amputation
An employee was moving calves from one trailer (cattle trailer) to another (semi-trailer) when the trailer door closed on his finger, partially amputating his left index finger.
Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Agriculture, forestry and fishing
Jul 10, 2019 · Kwik Trip Hospitalized
An employee walked from the sales area to the cash register. From the cash register, the employee started to turn and then fell to the floor. The employee stood up and walked away. Later, the employee was hospitalized with a fractured right hip and femur.
Fall on same level · Hip(s) and leg(s) · Retail
Jul 6, 2019 · Pan-O-Gold Baking Co. Amputation
An employee was clearing stuck slices of bread from a bread slicer. The blade amputated the employee's left index fingertip.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1414346
Feb 26, 2019 · ContiTech USA, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was walking across an icy parking lot, slipped and fell breaking the fibula and tibia.
Fall on same level due to slipping · Lower leg(s) · Retail
Apr 4, 2018 · Jennings and Woldt Remodeling, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was working on trusses when the ladder slipped out from under him. He fell approximately 14 feet onto concrete, fracturing a heel, a shin, and the L4 vertebra.
Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet · Multiple body parts (other) · Construction · OSHA inspection 1306802
Oct 20, 2017 · Wisconsin Distributors East, LLC Hospitalized
An employee was holding a pressure washer in his right hand and a drain tube in his left. The drain tube had a small hole in it. When the employee blew water into the drain tube, high-pressure water came out of the hole and lacerated his left hand between the middle and ring fingers. He was hospitalized.
Struck by discharged object or substance · Hand(s), except finger(s) · Wholesale trade
Sep 11, 2017 · Costco Wholesale Hospitalized
An employee was trying to straighten a pallet when she fell about 7 feet to the concrete floor, breaking her left tibia and requiring hospitalization.
Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet · Lower leg(s) · Wholesale trade · OSHA inspection 1263931
May 9, 2017 · Devon's Chocolates, LLC Hospitalized
An employee was pulling a bundle of cardboard when the band strap broke and he fell to the ground, breaking his left wrist. He was hospitalized and had surgery.
Fall on same level (other) · Wrist(s) · Manufacturing
Jul 27, 2016 · TRACHTE BUILDING SYSTEMS, INC. Amputation
An employee was fabricating parts in a press brake. The employee bent a part and the part fell back. When the employee reached for the part, the press was activated via the foot pedal and pinched the employee's middle finger, amputating the fingertip.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1167239
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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