Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Apogee Wausau Group, Inc., 7800 International Dr, WAUSAU, WISCONSIN 54401
on — Fractures, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was on a step ladder at the open back of a CNC machine, watching the oiler system run. The employee slipped and fell toward the opening in the machine. His right arm was caught and broken between the moving CNC head and the back guarding area as he tried to stop his fall.
An employee was positioning a door frame on the crimping machine table when their finger was caught between the clamp and the door frame. Their left ring fingertip was amputated.
An employee was on a two-step ladder performing cleaning activities in the de-oiler machine. The employee fell back and his right arm was caught in the equipment, resulting in a right forearm fracture that required surgery.
An employee was changing an insert in the tool head of a CNC machine. The employee had stepped up approximately 28 inches onto the door track of the machine. When the employee went to step back down to the floor, they lost balance and fell backward onto a rack of metal parts. The employee sustained a compression fracture to the spine.
An employee was packaging steel coils on a turntable. As he walked across the turntable, he slipped and fell onto a coil. His left bicep was lacerated by the slit edge of a coil.
An employee was monitoring a lumber-stacking machine when they slipped and fell into an unbanded bundle of lumber. The outer row of lumber then fell on their left leg, fracturing their leg and ankle.
On October 14, 2025, an employee was cutting lumber on an upcut saw. When he activated the saw to cut a short piece, the blade struck the tip of his right thumb, resulting in a partial amputation.
An employee was using a table saw to cut strips of plywood. The employee's left hand came into contact with the sawblade, which amputated the index and middle fingers as well as lacerating the hand. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was loading four sliding glass door panels into a truck. He was turning to get a cargo strap when the panels fell onto him and broke his neck.
An employee was using a table saw to cut a small bundle of vinyl material. The saw blade lacerated the employee's left index finger. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee had finished installing hurricane shutters on a customer's home and was putting his tools away and changing clothes. His hands began to cramp; he got out of his truck and collapsed on the road. He suffered an acute kidney injury and rhabdomyolysis caused by dehydration and heat illness.
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.