Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Associated Bank, 1227 Egg Harbor Rd., STURGEON BAY, WISCONSIN 54235
on — Fractures, affecting the hip(s).
Final narrative
On February 19, 2018, an employee slipped on ice in the parking lot and fell, fracturing her right femoral hip and requiring hospitalization.
An employee was working in the forest flagging an area to be harvested. He took a step and his foot slipped on a stick hidden under the leaves, causing him to fall to the ground. He landed on his right foot/lower leg resulting in a fractured tibia.
An employee was inspecting an apartment to ensure it was ready for a new resident to move in. The carpet in the apartment had been recently cleaned and was still wet. As the employee went from the carpet to the tiled floor of the bathroom, they slipped and fell, resulting in a torn left hamstring.
An employee was delivering a letter along a rural carrier route when she stepped on an ice-covered snow drift, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a right hip fracture that required surgery.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 522120)
An employee was walking in the office area when she tripped on cables on the floor. She fell and struck her face against the corner of a wall, resulting in a severe laceration to her jaw.
An employee was moving 20-30 reams of paper on a push cart. While going down a hill, the cart hit the employee and pinned his knee between the cart and a wall, resulting in a knee injury that required surgery.
An employee had been putting money in a vault. As she was shutting the vault door, her hand got caught in the door and her right index finger was amputated at the knuckle.
On December 27, 2017, an employee was walking out of a room when her foot became tangled in the straps of a bag on the floor, causing her to fall. She put both hands out in front of her to try and prevent the fall and suffered bilateral fractures to both elbows.
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.