Severe Workplace Injuries in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
Employers in Wauwatosa reported 22 severe work injuries to OSHA from 2015 through August 2025: 21 workers hospitalized and 2 amputations (9% of reports). Manufacturing accounts for the most reports. OSHA opened an inspection after 9 of them.
Reports by year
Industries
How workers were hurt
Parts of the body injured
OSHA inspections in Wauwatosa since 2015
Workplace safety inspectors opened 73 inspections at Wauwatosa workplaces, and 35 of them (48%) ended with at least one violation. Inspectors cited 54 serious, 0 willful and 6 repeat violations, with current penalties totaling $179,236.
Rules cited most often:
Recent inspections with penalties
| Employer | Violations | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| Us Aluminum Inc (referral, details) | 3 (2 serious+) | $10,800 |
| E&P Exteriors LLC (planned, details) | 4 (4 serious+) | $8,512 |
| Vinton Construction Company (planned, details) | 1 | $4,600 |
| Wb Warehousing & Logistics, Inc. (complaint, details) | 1 | $8,539 |
| Hansen Storage Company (complaint, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $3,800 |
| Dublin Contractors, Inc. (planned, details) | 1 | $5,000 |
| Kike's Roofing LLC (planned, details) | 5 (5 serious+) | $15,863 |
| Midwest Roof Vac, LLC. (planned, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $1,300 |
| Dries Painting & Restoration (planned, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $1,902 |
| Classic Carpentry, Inc. (planned, details) | 3 (3 serious+) | $2,282 |
| All Star Contractors LLC (planned, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $4,500 |
| Villwock Roofing, LLC (planned, details) | 2 (1 serious+) | $2,926 |
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 22 newest severe injury reports from Wauwatosa employers, as OSHA published them.
Aug 7, 2025 · US Aluminum Inc Hospitalized
An employee had just fixed a loose aluminum coil on a rack while raised about 11 feet into the air on a forklift. While he was being lowered, he fell from the forks to the floor, suffering two fractured ribs, a punctured lung, and a fractured cervical vertebra. He was hospitalized.
Other fall to lower level · Multiple body parts (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1843981
Sep 21, 2024 · Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was walking into work from the parking structure when she lost her balance and fell to the concrete ground. The employee sustained a fractured right humerus.
Fall on same level (other) · Upper arm(s) · Health care and social assistance
May 21, 2023 · Full Service Car Wash - Wauwatosa Hospitalized
An employee was standing on the sidewalk outside of the car wash when they were struck by a customer's car, resulting in a leg fracture.
Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area · Leg(s) · Other services
Aug 18, 2022 · Medical College of Wisconsin Hospitalized
An employee was emptying dust collection bags and experienced a severe asthma attack requiring hospitalization.
Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode · Body systems · Health care and social assistance · OSHA inspection 1630878
Jan 11, 2022 · Walgreens Hospitalized
An employee was walking when they tripped on a printer cord and fell, resulting in a left femur fracture.
Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Thigh(s) · Retail
Sep 8, 2020 · Briggs & Stratton Hospitalized
While walking through the plant, an employee was struck by a forklift and sustained a head injury.
Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area · Brain · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1491763
Jan 29, 2020 · Aurora Medical Center Grafton LLC Hospitalized
An employee was walking through the parking lot when she was struck and run over by a waste removal truck, requiring hospitalization.
Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area · Nonclassifiable · Health care and social assistance
Aug 2, 2018 · Brodersen Enterprises of Wisconsin, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee tripped over a long-handled squeegee and fell to the floor, tearing her rotator cuff.
Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) · Hotels and restaurants
May 29, 2018 · Dick's Sporting Goods Hospitalized
An employee was working from a 6-foot step ladder to install a shelf onto a wall used as a clothing display when the employee lost balance and fell to the floor. The shelf the employee was attempting to install landed on and broke the employee's right leg.
Other fall to lower level · Leg(s) · Retail
Mar 27, 2018 · Blue Mound Golf and Country Club Hospitalized
An employee was cutting down dead tree underbrush with a chain saw when the saw bounced back and contacted his shin, severely lacerating it. He was hospitalized.
Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Lower leg(s) · Arts, entertainment and recreation · OSHA inspection 1305654
Feb 18, 2018 · THE LUTHERAN HOME, INC. Hospitalized
An employee was attacked and mugged in the parking lot.
Intentional injury by other person · Nonclassifiable · Health care and social assistance
Jan 9, 2018 · Great Lakes Components, LLC Hospitalized
An employee was attempting to unload panelized walls from a flatbed semitrailer. He was using a pry bar to separate the wall panels when the pry bar slipped out, causing the employee to fall backwards from the semitrailer. The employee struck the ground, suffering fractured neck vertebrae, a concussion, and bleeding from the mouth and ears.
Other fall to lower level · Head and neck · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1287508
Jan 4, 2018 · Briggs & Stratton Hospitalized
An employee suffered smoke inhalation that exacerbated the employee's asthma while exiting the building during a small fire.
Fire · Body systems · Manufacturing
Jul 2, 2017 · JC Penney Hospitalized
An employee was struck by an automobile in the truck lot resulting in trauma to the right hip and elbow.
Intentional injury by other person (other) · Multiple body parts (other) · Retail
Dec 13, 2016 · Grunau Company, Inc. Hospitalized
On December 13, 2016, an employee was replacing some underground piping and removed a section of existing pipe. The existing pipe then shifted and pinned the employee's left forearm, injuring it.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Forearm(s) · Construction
Sep 30, 2016 · Winding Roofing Company Inc. Amputation
An employee was feeding sheet metal into a hydraulic shear when four fingers were partially amputated, requiring hospitalization.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1181759
Sep 20, 2016 · JC Penny Hospitalized
An employee fell down 10 stairs sustaining a head injury requiring hospitalization.
Other fall to lower level · Brain · Retail
May 3, 2016 · Clean Power, L.L.C. Hospitalized
On or about May 3, 2016 an employee was using floor stripper when the employee slipped and fell into the floor stripper causing chemical burns to the employee's back, legs, and arms.
Fall on same level due to slipping · Multiple body parts (other) · Administrative, staffing and waste services · OSHA inspection 1146534
Dec 16, 2015 · THE BOLDT COMPANY Hospitalized
An employee was setting up the table saw to perform dado cuts on a door. The material kicked back and the employee's right hand was pulled into the blade. The employee was hospitalized for surgery on his index finger, middle finger, and thumb.
Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Construction
Aug 24, 2015 · Alro Steel Corporation Hospitalized
An employee received a finger injury while working with a sawing machine.
Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Wholesale trade · OSHA inspection 1089786
Jun 10, 2015 · Alro Steel Corporation Amputation
An employee was cutting the banding on a bundle of 5 3/4" steel on dual hoists and a basket hitch on each end using a manual banding cutter and crushed the tip of his pinky finger between two pieces of steel, resulting in the amputation of his fingertip. He was wearing cut level 4 gloves and sleeves, hardhat, safety glasses + side shield, and steel-toed metatarsal boots.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1071269
Mar 30, 2015 · KS ENERGY SERVICES, LLC Hospitalized
An employee was installing duct in a trench box. Because the trench was in an incline, the road plate shifted towards the box and pinched the worker's right forearm, causing it to break.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Forearm(s) · 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.
Personal injury lawyers in Wauwatosa
Lawbamba lists 12 personal injury lawyers with an office in Wauwatosa, 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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