Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at The State Group Industrial (USA) Limited, N8891-N8899 Dumke Road, PORTAGE, WISCONSIN 53901
on — Concussions, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
An employee working at a pump station was hospitalized after being found unconscious on a metal staircase. He was treated for a concussion and shoulder and hip contusions.
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More severe injuries at The State Group Industrial (USA) Limited
A crew was removing and replacing shafts/rolls on a conveyor using an overhead crane. A roll did not fit correctly and needed to be repositioned. A wire rope choker was positioned in a basket configuration around the shaft/roll with the ends of the choker connected to the crane hook. The injured employee was holding the top legs of the choker as the operator lifted up on the hook to put tension on the choker. While the employee was holding the choker legs, the crane hook started to twist. His left hand and glove became tangled between the steel choker legs. His left index finger was stuck between the choker legs, resulting in a distal phalanx amputation.
On September 25, 2023, an employee was working in the body department installing doors, hoods, and tailgates. The employee finished their shift and was hospitalized later that evening for a back injury.
The injured employee was standing behind a table. She jumped out to scare another employee, but tripped and fell on the tile floor, injuring her right ankle/foot. She was hospitalized with a dislocated ankle that required surgery.
An employee was installing insulation in a wall when she tripped on a hole (12" deep) and fell, hitting her head on the concrete floor. The employee sustained fractures to her leg and wrist, and lacerations to her head. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was loading a 4-inch wooden door into a pickup truck when he felt a pop in his right side behind his shoulder blade. He was hospitalized later that day and underwent surgery, having suffered a collapsed right lung.
The injured employee was assisting five other employees with bracing a wall panel that was being stood up. Another employee slipped on frost on the floor surface. The employees went to evacuate the area in anticipation of the wall panel falling over. The injured employee went to jump through a window opening within the wall panel and their lower half was crushed by the falling wall panel. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis.
An employee was using a vertical band saw to cut a thick piece of rubber material. While being cut, the material shifted, causing the employee s right hand to contact the moving blade. The employee's thumb was amputated below the knuckle. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.
A production sanitation employee was pre-rinsing an incline conveyor and noticed cheese stuck between the belt idler. The employee went to remove the cheese and their glove got caught and pulled their left forearm into the conveyor. The employee's arm was fractured. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.
An employee was on a ladder, taking measurements for a new gutter installation. The ladder slipped out from under him and both he and the ladder fell to the ground. He was hospitalized with seven broken ribs and a broken clavicle.
An employee was unloading a truck for a delivery job. While moving boxes in the truck, the employee tripped over a pallet and fell out of the truck to the ground, resulting in four broken ribs.