MEDFORD, WISCONSIN—
Weather Shield Mfg., Inc.
Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Weather Shield Mfg., Inc., 642 South Whelen Avenue, MEDFORD, WISCONSIN 54451 on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified.
Final narrative
At about 10:25 a.m. on May 21, 2021, an employee was moving stored pedestal fans from an overhead balcony onto an adjacent elevated forklift platform. As the employee stepped off the balcony and onto the forklift platform, the platform became unstable and tipped off the forks. The employee fell to the concrete floor about 10 feet below, suffering a back/spine injury. The employee was hospitalized.
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MEDFORD, WISCONSIN—
Weather Shield Mfg., Inc.
On May 31, 2022, at 8:00 a.m., an employee was removing a block of wood from an electronic glue machine when the wood pinched her right thumb between a metal railing on the side of the machine, resulting in medical amputation.
MEDFORD, WISCONSIN—
WEATHER SHIELD MFG., INC.
On June 4, 2018, an employee was setting up a vinyl extruder when the employee's right middle finger was caught and pulled into the extruder, suffering a partial amputation.
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