Severe Workplace Injuries in Whitewater, Wisconsin
Employers in Whitewater reported 14 severe work injuries to OSHA from 2015 through September 2025: 11 workers hospitalized and 3 amputations (21% of reports). Manufacturing accounts for the most reports. OSHA opened an inspection after 5 of them.
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How workers were hurt
Parts of the body injured
OSHA inspections in Whitewater since 2015
Workplace safety inspectors opened 27 inspections at Whitewater workplaces, and 15 of them (56%) ended with at least one violation. Inspectors cited 16 serious, 0 willful and 1 repeat violations, with current penalties totaling $82,679.
Rules cited most often:
Recent inspections with penalties
| Employer | Violations | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| Entech Builders, Inc. (other, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $3,972 |
| Daybreak Foods, Inc. (referral, details) | 3 (1 serious+) | $7,094 |
| Tree Wise Men LLC (referral, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $5,462 |
| Grand Appliance, Inc. (complaint, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $12,676 |
| James R. Taylor & Sons, Inc. (planned, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $15,625 |
| Fischer Excavating, Inc. (referral, details) | 2 (1 serious+) | $4,161 |
| John's Disposal Service, Inc. (referral, details) | 3 (2 serious+) | $12,472 |
| The Scharine Group, Inc. (complaint, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $3,079 |
| Generac Power Systems, Inc. (referral, details) | 1 | $8,638 |
| Stritzel Property Services, LLC (planned, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $2,500 |
| Engineered Plastics Company, LLC (referral, details) | 2 (1 serious+) | $4,200 |
| Katzman Farms, Inc. (planned, details) | 3 (3 serious+) | $1,120 |
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 14 newest severe injury reports from Whitewater employers, as OSHA published them.
Sep 19, 2025 · MacLean-Fogg Company Hospitalized
An employee was working to clean parts that had accumulated on a conveyor belt after the belt became unplugged. The employee plugged the conveyor belt back in, then tripped over the caster of the conveyor belt, and fell. The employee sustained a fractured hip.
Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Hip joint(s) · Manufacturing
Jul 3, 2024 · Lavelle Industries, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was conducting maintenance on a new machine that overheated, which lead to a failure of a water hose and the hose released hot water and steam. The employee sustained burns and was hospitalized.
Contact with hot objects or substances · Part of body · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1760544
Jun 8, 2022 · Fischer Excavating, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was grading a trench inside a trench box with the assistance of a machine operator who was using the teeth of his bucket to help with a pile in the trench box. The employee was struck by the bucket and pinned between the bucket and a spreader bar, resulting in a broken arm, center mass bruising, bleeding of the liver, and a few fractures where his ribs meet his spine.
Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area (other) · Multiple body parts (other) · Construction · OSHA inspection 1601305
Mar 16, 2022 · Lavelle Industries, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee tripped on a 4-inch step outside a building and fell to the concrete sidewalk, landing on her face. She suffered swelling and a bloody nose, and underwent surgery.
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Face · Manufacturing
Oct 30, 2021 · S & R Egg Farm, Inc. Amputation
Two employees were removing a manure belt from a dryer. When the injured employee grabbed the cable slack, his right index finger was pulled into the reel and amputated at the first knuckle.
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Agriculture, forestry and fishing
Jul 29, 2020 · Generac Power Systems, Inc. Hospitalized
Two employees were pushing a multi-tiered material handling cart that weighed approximately 363 pounds. The cart rolled over the foot and ankle of one of the employees. The injured employee sustained lacerations to the ankle and chipped bone.
Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle (other) · Ankle(s) · Manufacturing
Nov 4, 2019 · Generac Power Systems, Inc. Hospitalized
On 11/4/19, an employee was standing on the bottom row of parts racking approximately 1 foot above the floor to retrieve parts from the top row, which was approximately 5 feet above the floor. At approximately 12:17 p.m., the employee fell backwards from the bottom rack. Her head hit the floor, and the parts bin slid out of the rack and also struck her head. She was hospitalized with a head injury.
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Brain · Manufacturing
Mar 24, 2019 · The Martin-Brower Company, L.L.C. Hospitalized
An employee was cutting plastic wrap. The tip of the employee's utility knife broke off and struck the employee's eye, causing an eye injury requiring stitches; the employee was hospitalized.
Struck by dislodged flying object, particle · Eye(s) · Transportation and warehousing
Nov 5, 2018 · John's Disposal Service, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee's arm was pulled into a moving conveyor on a recycling sort line. The employee's left ulna was broken.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Forearm(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services · OSHA inspection 1360243
Jan 9, 2018 · QPS Employment Group, Inc. Amputation
A temporary employee was attempting to reach wires behind a conveyor when she tripped the conveyor's automatic start. The conveyor then pulled her glove into the conveyor and amputated her left middle finger.
Caught in running equipment or machinery (other) · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Administrative, staffing and waste services · OSHA inspection 1286954
Nov 20, 2017 · Provisur Technologies Hospitalized
An employee was polishing a feed screw with a handheld pneumatic grinder. The feed screw was in the grinding fixture. When he rotated the fixture, he noticed that the secondary safety pin fell out. He rotated the fixture to the vertical position and then applied upward pressure on the fixture arm. The 700-pound feed screw then fell out, knocking him to the ground and landing on his right leg and left hand. He suffered a broken and lacerated right foot, broken right ankle, broken right tibia, and lacerations to his left pinky and ring fingers that severed his tendons.
Struck by falling object or equipment · Upper and lower limb(s) · Manufacturing
Jun 7, 2017 · Johnson Controls, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was standing outside the entrance of a power house when he heard a loud noise inside. The pressure relief valve of the absorber and the condensation released, spraying hot steam on the employee. He suffered burns on his back and shoulders.
Contact with hot objects or substances · Shoulder(s) and back · Construction
Jan 12, 2017 · AmeriGas Propane, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was delivering mail to a mailbox when she slipped on ice/snow and broke her lower leg.
Fall on same level due to slipping · Lower leg(s) · Retail
Nov 5, 2015 · Engineered PLastics Company, L.L.C. Amputation
An employee was using an assembling machine and crushed his left thumb resulting in an amputation.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1110902
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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