Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Kwik Trip, Inc., N56W39345 Wisconsin Ave., OCONOMOWOC, WISCONSIN 53066
on — Concussions, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
An employee slipped in a parking lot and fell to the ground, suffering a head laceration and a concussion.
An employee was reaching a shelf in the storage room when he lost his balance and fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with four fractured ribs, two on each side.
On July 28, 2024, at approximately 11:17 a.m., an employee was cleaning cardboard from the cooler when she tripped over a broom and fell. She fell into a cart and landed on the floor. The employee sustained a broken right shoulder in two places and was hospitalized.
An employee was operating a powered pallet jack when he noticed plastic was wrapped around the wheel. The employee got off the pallet jack while a co-worker used their pallet jack forks to lift up the vehicle so the employee could remove the plastic. As the employee grabbed the plastic, the pallet jack shifted off the co-workers pallet jack and fell onto the employees' fingers. They sustained amputations to the right middle and ring fingertips.
On October 26, 2022, an employee tripped over another employee while turning, fell, and landed on the tile floor. The employee suffered a broken right hip.
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 311511)
An employee was performing rear brake shoe service on a truck. The employee was using a prybar to remove a spring when the spring slipped from the S-cam and amputated his left index fingertip.
An employee was unjamming a case that was stuck in a case washer machine when their pants became entangled in a chain, causing them to be sprayed with hot water from the machine. They employee suffered burns from the hot water.
An employee was clearing a cup jam on a cup conveyor when their left hand was caught between the conveyor and an idler roller located on another conveyor line directly above the jam. The employee received an abrasion and friction burn to the hand that required hospitalization.
An employee was performing routine maintenance on an air valve when their right ring finger became caught in the valve. The employee sustained an amputation to the fingertip.
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.