Severe Workplace Injuries in Tomah, Wisconsin

Oct 25, 2025 · O'Reilly Auto Parts Hospitalized

An employee was carrying a plastic tote full of brake rotors. His foot caught the corner of a pallet, causing him to fall to the concrete floor and break his hip.

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

Oct 1, 2025 · Gerke Excavating, Inc. Amputation

An employee was installing a door on a semi-trailer. They were using a forklift to lift the door to the height of the trailer when the door became jammed between the forklift mast and the hinge on the trailer. When the employee went to dislodge the door from the mast, the door fell and crushed their foot. Their big toe was amputated. The employee was hospitalized and their big toe was surgically reattached. The employee's foot and other toes also required surgery.

Struck by other falling object (other) · Toes(s), toenail(s) · Construction

Jul 19, 2025 · Tomah V.A. Medical Center Hospitalized

An employee was walking down a hallway when they stepped on a small puddle of liquid and fell backward onto their left leg, resulting in a broken left femur.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Thigh(s) · Public administration

Jul 1, 2025 · Marten Transport, Ltd. Amputation

An employee was adjusting the height of a trailer's landing gear when they were struck by a trailer backing into the adjacent parking space. The employee was hospitalized and their arm was amputated.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area · Shoulder(s), clavicle(s), scapula(e) · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1835197

May 24, 2024 · Courtesy Corporation dba McDonalds Hospitalized

An employee was gathering product to open for business. When she stepped onto a pallet with shrink wrap on it, her foot got tangled in the shrink wrap and she fell to the floor. The employee sustained a fractured left hip.

Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact less than 6 feet · Hip joint(s) · Hotels and restaurants

Mar 19, 2024 · The Toro Company Hospitalized

An employee was moving materials in an area behind the building using a stand-up loader. While backing up, his ankle was pinned between a metal rack and the loader resulting in a broken ankle.

Collision with stationary object, nonroadway · Ankle(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1737278

May 17, 2023 · Walmart, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was walking out of a room when they tripped over a rolled up rug beneath the water fountain and fell, resulting in fractured ribs.

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

Apr 4, 2023 · The Toro Company Hospitalized

An employee was taking inventory while on an order picker elevated at approximately 16 feet when they fell to the warehouse floor. The employee sustained a head laceration, liver laceration, and fractures to the pelvis, wrist, and femur.

Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet · Multiple body parts (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1662333

Feb 13, 2023 · Cardinal Glass Industries, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was reading the numbers on the racks to find a skid that needed to be transported. As the employee was walking along the rack, they came in contact with a skid of glass. The employee's left forearm was lacerated.

Struck against stationary object or equipment (other) · Forearm(s) · Manufacturing

Oct 20, 2022 · Chambers & Owen, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was helping to unload a truck at a gas station. The employee was walking on the back of the truck when their right knee popped, causing them to fall 5 to 6 feet to the concrete below, landing on their back and left elbow. The employee was hospitalized with torn ligaments in their right knee and a fractured kneecap.

Other fall to lower level · Knee(s) · Wholesale trade

Jun 30, 2022 · Mars Petcare US, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was clearing a backup from an extrusion machine. The backup caused hot water, steam, and raw material to flow out of the bypass chute onto the floor. As the employee was shutting down the equipment, he slipped on the floor and landed in the material resulting in thermal burns to the back, hand, hip, and leg.

Fall on same level due to slipping · Multiple body parts (other) · Manufacturing

Jun 9, 2020 · Brickl Bros Inc Hospitalized

An employee was climbing down a wall. The wooden cross-bracing failed when the employee stepped on it, and the employee fell 10-12 feet. The employee suffered a broken left kneecap and a broken nose, and was hospitalized.

Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 11 to 15 feet · Multiple body parts (other) · Construction

Aug 29, 2019 · Brickl Bros Inc Hospitalized

A bee stung an employee in the head as he put on his hard hat. He had an allergic reaction and was hospitalized.

Stings and venomous bites · Body systems · Construction

Aug 8, 2019 · Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was bending down into a receiving bin retrieving boxes when an empty box slid down the chute and hit the employee in the back of the head. The employee was hospitalized with swelling of an arterial vessel.

Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Brain · Transportation and warehousing

Aug 17, 2018 · Brickl Bros., Inc Amputation

An employee was using a battery-powered circular saw to cut material on a shipping crate when the saw kicked back and the blade made contact with his finger, resulting in a finger amputation.

Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Construction

Jan 17, 2018 · The Toro Company Hospitalized

An employee climbed onto a mower that was raised 18 inches on a final assembly platform to install a steering wheel. As the employee was climbing down from the mower, her foot missed the 18-inch platform and she fell to the concrete plant floor, fracturing her L4 vertebra.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Lumbar region · Manufacturing

Oct 2, 2017 · The Toro Company Amputation

An employee was using a manipulator/hoist to lift a mower deck off an assembly table when the mower blade became caught on an attachment on the table. The table then lifted with the blade as the deck was rising. The employee went to push the table back down and release it from the blade. At the same time, the controls were activated to lower the manipulator/hoist. The employee's left thumb was then pinched between the table and the manipulator/hoist, amputating the distal portion of the thumb just below the nail.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing

May 4, 2017 · The Toro Company Amputation

An employee was repairing a damaged pallet racking and pinched the right index finger between the concrete floor and a metal plate resulting in amputation of the finger above the first knuckle.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing

Feb 10, 2017 · The Toro Company Hospitalized

On February 10, 2017, an employee was performing functional tests on a lawnmower. The engine was running, but the drive belts for the mower were not engaged or moving. At approximately 8:15 a.m., the employee was walking near the mower when he tripped and fell. As he fell, his right hand contacted a sharp area where the belt met a pulley and his right index finger was de-gloved.

Fall on same level due to tripping · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing

Apr 28, 2016 · Keene's Transfer, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was walking outside when a coworker backed a trailer into him, knocking him to the ground and running over his right leg.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area · Leg(s) · Transportation and warehousing

Aug 31, 2015 · Mars Petcare US, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was transferring two metal bins half full of product to the mill area for production using a forklift truck. As he exited the truck to open the bin door, the bin fell on top of him, crushing the lower half of his body and breaking one leg.

Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Leg(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1090986

Aug 11, 2015 · Universal Sanitary Equipment Mfg. Co., Inc. Amputation

An employee had the tips of two fingers amputated when a sheet of steel fell on his left hand as he was feeding a roll former.

Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing

Mar 25, 2015 · Walmart Distribution Center (6085) Amputation

An employee was operating a stand-up, powered pallet jack in an ice cream freezer. While turning the pallet jack, the employee's foot got pinched between the pallet jack and storage racking, amputating part of the left big toe. The employee's left foot was hanging outside of the rider platform at the time of the incident.

Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Toes(s), toenail(s) · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1050751