Severe Workplace Injuries in Watertown, Wisconsin
Employers in Watertown reported 18 severe work injuries to OSHA from 2015 through February 2025: 15 workers hospitalized and 5 amputations (28% of reports). Manufacturing accounts for the most reports. OSHA opened an inspection after 3 of them.
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How workers were hurt
Parts of the body injured
OSHA inspections in Watertown since 2015
Workplace safety inspectors opened 41 inspections at Watertown workplaces, and 27 of them (66%) ended with at least one violation. Inspectors cited 88 serious, 1 willful and 1 repeat violations, with current penalties totaling $374,416.
Rules cited most often:
Recent inspections with penalties
| Employer | Violations | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| Metaltek International, Inc. (referral, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $8,440 |
| Hearing Protection LLC (referral, details) | 17 (16 serious+) | $37,080 |
| Hearing Protection, LLC (complaint, details) | 4 (4 serious+) | $11,816 |
| United Electric, Inc. (referral, details) | 3 (2 serious+) | $16,172 |
| John Beres Builders Inc. (planned, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $4,634 |
| Ag Contractors, LLC (fatality/catastrophe, details) | 4 (2 serious+) | $26,000 |
| Strauss Feeds, L.L.C. (referral, details) | 13 (12 serious+) | $46,764 |
| Strauss Feeds, L.L.C. (complaint, details) | 13 (9 serious+) | $40,976 |
| Raul Ruiz (planned, details) | 3 (3 serious+) | $4,716 |
| Kusel Equipment Co. (referral, details) | 7 (4 serious+) | $8,495 |
| Kusel Equipment Co. (planned, details) | 12 (10 serious+) | $31,003 |
| United Liquid Waste Recycling, Inc. (referral, details) | 4 (3 serious+) | $16,876 |
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 18 newest severe injury reports from Watertown employers, as OSHA published them.
Feb 6, 2025 · Canvass America RS, LLC Hospitalized
An employee was canvassing when they slipped on icy stairs and fell down the stairs, resulting in fractures to their right ankle and leg.
Other fall to lower level · Ankle(s) and leg(s) · Professional and technical services
Jul 3, 2024 · Johnsonville Sausage, LLC Hospitalized
On July 3, 2024, an employee was standing in front of a pallet getting material. A walk/ride pallet jack turned and pinned the employee's foot against the pallet. The employee sustained a fractured right ankle and was hospitalized.
Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area (other) · Ankle(s) · Manufacturing
Jan 20, 2023 · United Liquid Waste Recycling, Inc. Amputation
An employee was using a metal stake and hammer to strike the channels of a baler to allow room for wiring to go through while in operation. Their glove and tool became caught by the baler. The baler moved down and pressed on the metal tool, pinching the employee's left little and ring fingers. The little finger required medical amputation.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1651398
Jun 16, 2022 · ITW Shakeproof Industrial Products Amputation
Two employees were setting up a multi-die header machine. The machine was turned on while one of the employees was adjusting a bolt inside it. The employee's right middle finger tip was crushed between the bolt and the machine's oscillator and had to be amputated. The incident took place during a training activity.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing
Mar 14, 2022 · Letterhead Box Company LLC. Hospitalized
After descending a flight of stairs an employee stepped onto a pallet that was next to the bottom of the stairs. The employee slipped and fell from the pallet to the floor, sustaining a broken hip.
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Hip(s) · Manufacturing
Jan 21, 2022 · Fisher Barton Blades, Inc. Amputation
An employee was cleaning a magnet on a machine with his right hand. The machine moved, and a finger on his left hand was pinched between a roller and the stop. The fingertip was amputated.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing
Jan 6, 2022 · Fisher-Barton Specialty Products, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee tripped on a low cart (30 by 30 inches, 11 inches tall) and fell in an aisle. The employee suffered a broken hip.
Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Hip(s) · Manufacturing
Mar 19, 2020 · Fisher Barton Blades, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was removing burrs from a rotating shaft with a hand grinder. The shaft caught the employee's glove and pulled the employee's left hand into the roller, causing two broken fingers and nerve damage for which surgery was needed.
Caught in running equipment or machinery · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing
Nov 19, 2019 · Fox Cities Builders, LLC Hospitalized
An employee was working on a ridge cap near the peak of the roof when he slid off the roof landing on the ground below. He sustained fractures to the right heel, left wrist, and vertebrae.
Other fall to lower level · Multiple body parts (other) · Construction · OSHA inspection 1446337
Oct 21, 2019 · United Cooperative Hospitalized
On October 21, 2019, an employee was guiding a rope to prevent it from catching/rubbing on a piece of equipment while millwrights (contractors) were installing/pulling the belt up into a leg housing. The rope then broke, causing the employee to fall backwards on the gravel parking lot (same level) and land on their shoulder. The employee then stood up for about 30 to 60 seconds and fainted, falling to the ground (same level) and striking their head. The employee suffered a separated right shoulder and collarbone and a laceration to the skull.
Fall on same level (other) · Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) · Wholesale trade
Sep 19, 2019 · Spuncast, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was pouring molten steel into a mold. Some of the steel passed through a trench cover's lifting holes and came into contact with water. This created superheated steam, which caused the molten steel to spray back through the holes onto the employee. The employee suffered second-degree burns on 18 percent of the body: arms, upper front torso, face, and mouth.
Contact with hot objects or substances · Multiple body parts (other) · Manufacturing
Jul 24, 2019 · Spuncast, Inc. Hospitalized
The injured employee was holding materials while another employee was pouring molten metal using a spoon. The spoon failed, allowing the molten metal to spill and contact the injured employee's right leg. The molten metal then ran down into the employee's boot causing burns to the ankle and foot.
Contact with hot objects or substances · Foot (feet) and ankle(s) · Manufacturing
May 5, 2019 · Fisher Barton Blades, Inc Hospitalized
An employee was dehydrated so he went to the cafeteria to retrieve some water and then returned to his work station which is an exhausted, electric, heat-treating oven. Later, another employee walked around the work station and saw the injured employee lying unconscious on the floor. The employee sustained a fractured C7 vertebra.
Fall on same level · Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Manufacturing
Apr 10, 2018 · ITW Shakeproof Industrial Products Hospitalized
An employee was operating a drill machine when her hand became stuck in it, suffering a laceration.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Hand(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1308562
May 11, 2017 · Sprinkmann Sons Corporation Amputation
On May 11, 2017, an employee was guiding a generator that was being lowered to the ground by a crane. At approximately 9:45 a.m., the employee used his right hand to hit the headache ball of the crane to unhook it from the generator. The ball dropped suddenly, pinching his right pinky finger between the headache ball and the hook. Half of his finger had to be surgically amputated.
Struck by falling object or equipment (other) · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Construction
Oct 15, 2016 · Bethesda Lutheran Communities Hospitalized
An employee felt stressed and light headed and had a cardiac event. She was hospitalized.
Exposure to traumatic or stressful event (other) · Body systems · Health care and social assistance
May 24, 2015 · Charter Communications Hospitalized
An employee received a burn to the right forearm due to contact with an electrical power line while operating an articulating boom truck.
Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts · Forearm(s) · Information
Apr 21, 2015 · Veit & Company, Inc. Amputation
An employee suffered a thumb amputation while performing demolition work when an excavator pinned the employee's thumb between a wall and a tooth of the excavator bucket.
Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Construction
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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