Severe Workplace Injuries in Waukesha, Wisconsin
Employers in Waukesha reported 71 severe work injuries to OSHA from 2015 through September 2025: 52 workers hospitalized and 28 amputations (39% of reports). Manufacturing accounts for the most reports. OSHA opened an inspection after 33 of them.
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Industries
How workers were hurt
Parts of the body injured
OSHA inspections in Waukesha since 2015
Workplace safety inspectors opened 300 inspections at Waukesha workplaces, and 196 of them (65%) ended with at least one violation. Inspectors cited 412 serious, 1 willful and 45 repeat violations, with current penalties totaling $1,738,261.
Rules cited most often:
Recent inspections with penalties
| Employer | Violations | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| General Exterior Construction Inc., DBA Gen-Ex Construction (other, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $9,050 |
| Elias Aucacama Mendoza (other, details) | 3 (3 serious+) | $16,172 |
| Cesar Avila (other, details) | 4 (4 serious+) | $65,538 |
| Legacy Bakehouse, LLC (referral, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $9,000 |
| Merino Construction LLC (planned, details) | 7 (6 serious+) | $21,104 |
| Custom Woodcrafters, Inc. (complaint, details) | 3 (3 serious+) | $3,972 |
| Mejia Construction LLC (planned, details) | 3 (2 serious+) | $3,476 |
| Trexx, LLC (planned, details) | 5 (4 serious+) | $44,739 |
| Lifeway Wisconsin, Inc. (complaint, details) | 9 (9 serious+) | $61,121 |
| Jrtt Roofing LLC (planned, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $4,296 |
| The Tabease Company, LLC (complaint, details) | 5 (1 serious+) | $2,128 |
| Profile Finishing Systems, LLC. (planned, details) | 4 (4 serious+) | $13,673 |
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 Waukesha employers, as OSHA published them.
Sep 18, 2025 · Lineage Logistics Holdings, LLC Hospitalized
An employee was restocking a refrigerated area of a warehouse when he slipped on condensation and fell to the floor, resulting in a fractured hip.
Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Hip joint(s) · Transportation and warehousing
Aug 1, 2025 · MetalTek International, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was turning off a gas valve when he bumped into a die brush and struck the spinning die. The die pin struck him on the back, resulting in contusions, abrasions, and a severe laceration to his back that required hospitalization and surgery.
Struck by running powered equipment (other) · Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1841940
Jul 23, 2025 · Five Star Energy Services LLC Hospitalized
An employee was sawing cable on the ground using a handheld concrete saw. The saw blade caught on the cable and jumped, striking and lacerating the employee's left calf.
Struck by running powered equipment irregular movement, kick back · Lower leg(s) · Construction
Jun 14, 2025 · MUSSON BROTHERS, INC. Hospitalized
An employee was cutting plywood with a chainsaw when the chainsaw lacerated his left foot and big toe. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
Struck by running powered equipment (other) · Foot (feet) and toe(s) · Construction
Dec 9, 2024 · The Gund Company, Inc. Amputation
An employee was unjamming a piece on a shape pultrusion line. Once the piece was trimmed back, an employee realigned the second puller on the line so that the cured piece could pass through the second puller. When the cycle was engaged, the machine amputated the tip of the employee's right thumb.
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1793063
Nov 25, 2024 · Accurate Specialties Inc Amputation
An employee was putting a metal part into a CNC lathe when the part fell on their right fingers. The employee sustained a fracture and laceration to their middle finger, and an amputation of their ring finger.
Struck by falling object · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1790205
Oct 28, 2024 · American Iron, LLC Hospitalized
On October 28, 2024, an employee was using an overhead crane equipped with a magnet to move a 50-pound iron casting. The magnet let loose, causing the casting to fall and fracture the employee's right foot.
Struck by other falling object (other) · Foot (feet), toe(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1799810
Feb 22, 2024 · Clarke Hospitality dba The Clarke Hotel Hospitalized
An employee was completing laundry tasks. The remaining liquid from two bleach containers were mixed together, which created a chemical reaction. The employee breathed in the fumes and was hospitalized with chemical pneumonia.
Inhalation of harmful substance single episode or single shift · Body systems · Hotels and restaurants · OSHA inspection 1732453
Dec 7, 2023 · Holcim Solutions and Products - Waukesha Amputation
An employee was cutting thick floor tape with a chop saw. When the chop saw came down, the blade pulled the tape and the employee's thumb in, amputating his thumb at the nail bed.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1715729
Oct 27, 2023 · MetalTek International, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee contacted a furnace and sustained an electrical shock.
Direct exposure to electricity · Body systems · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1707048
Sep 20, 2023 · Hallmark Building Supplies, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was helping a delivery person install forks on a rental forklift when their fingers were pinched between the forks and the forklift frame. The employee sustained finger fractures on both hands.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Transportation and warehousing
Jun 26, 2023 · Miro Manufacturing Amputation
An employee was using a brake press to bend a part. The part moved and caught the employee's hand, pulling it into the gap between the part and the machine. The employee's right middle finger was amputated.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1679754
Mar 9, 2023 · Eaton Cooper Power Systems Amputation
An employee was cutting copper wire with a shear when they sustained an amputation to their right ring fingertip.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1656573
Nov 25, 2022 · Fields Auto Group Hospitalized
An employee slipped on ice while walking to a parking lot, fell to the ground, and suffered broken ribs.
Fall on same level due to slipping · Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Retail
Aug 6, 2022 · Atlas Metal Parts Co Amputation
An employee was operating a drill press when their gloves were caught in the machine, resulting in a thumb amputation.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1614232
Jul 6, 2022 · Burris Logistics Hospitalized
An employee was operating a powered pallet jack when it struck a pallet of product on a stand-up forklift. The employee suffered a fractured tibia and fibula and a muscular injury.
Nonroadway collision with other vehicle · Lower leg(s) · Wholesale trade · OSHA inspection 1606778
Mar 23, 2022 · Wells Hospitalized
An employee was installing a racking system for pallets. A horizontal brace came loose, causing him to fall from the second tier of the shelving rack to the concrete floor. His feet were broken.
Other fall to lower level · Foot (feet) · Construction · OSHA inspection 1587927
Mar 1, 2022 · ProHealth Waukesha Memorial Hospital Hospitalized
An employee was helping a patient exercise with an exercise band. The band broke and a metal piece struck the employee in the left eye.
Struck by dislodged flying object, particle · Eye(s) · Health care and social assistance
Jan 10, 2022 · SJ Louis Construction, Inc. Hospitalized
Two employees were moving polyethylene pipes. Employee 1 lifted a pipe, which shifted as the other employee was holding its end. The second employee's hand was crushed between the end of the pipe he was holding and another pipe on the ground. He was hospitalized.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Hand(s) · Construction · OSHA inspection 1572400
Jan 10, 2022 · Valmet, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was transferring a furnace sample from a furnace to a water bucket using a ladle. The sample fell into his boot, severely burning his right leg and foot.
Contact with hot objects or substances · Foot(feet) and leg(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1572682
Nov 15, 2021 · Johnson Controls Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was inspecting a fire sprinkler system when he lost his balance and fell 6 feet from an A-frame ladder to the ground below, resulting in a fractured right arm.
Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet · Arm(s) · Manufacturing
Jun 29, 2021 · Eaton Cooper Power Systems Amputation
An employee was using a manual assembler device when he suffered a fingertip amputation.
Contact with objects and equipment · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing
Apr 29, 2021 · Berghammer Corporation Hospitalized
An employee was pouring a concrete floor deck. The decking collapsed and the employee fell about 20 feet to the ground, suffering broken ribs, a broken skull, and a back fracture.
Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 16 to 20 feet · Head and trunk · Construction · OSHA inspection 1528097
Apr 12, 2021 · Terex Services Hospitalized
An employee suffered a lower back strain while standing up from a work stool.
Standing, standing up-single episode · Lumbar region · Other services
Mar 5, 2021 · SPX Transformer Solutions, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was working on top of a powered scaffold, adjusting the rigging for a transformer coil assembly. He fell between the unit and the scaffold platform to the floor 11 feet, 10 inches below. He was hospitalized.
Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet · Nonclassifiable · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1518642
Dec 15, 2020 · Cooper Power Systems Amputation
An employee was cutting insulation paper. The shear activated and amputated the employee's left middle fingertip.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1507514
Dec 6, 2020 · ProHealth Care, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee working in the kitchen turned the corner, tripped over metal floor grating, and fell to the floor. The employee sustained a fractured hip.
Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface · Hip(s) · Health care and social assistance
Sep 24, 2020 · Genco Industries, Inc. Amputation
An employee's right middle fingertip was amputated while working on a crimping machine.
Caught in running equipment or machinery · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1494622
Aug 16, 2020 · SPX Transformer Solutions, Inc. Amputation
An employee had attached crane rigging to a transformer coil and was adjusting an outrigger block. The crane activated and the employee's left thumb was caught between the crane block and the rigging. The thumb tip was amputated.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing
Jul 29, 2020 · The Gund Company, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was pulling product through a machine. The employee's hand was crushed when the puller cycled. The machine was not guarded or locked out/tagged out at the time.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Hand(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1486521
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 Waukesha
Lawbamba lists 15 workers compensation lawyers with an office in Waukesha, Wisconsin, the practice area that deals with the workplace injury and OSHA inspection records on this page. These 4 come first in that listing (how the order is set).
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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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