Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative

An employee was stepping out of a car when they slipped and fell on ice, resulting in a femur fracture.

An employee was closing up for the weekend when they slipped on oil and brake fluid and fell. The employee suffered a leg fracture.

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.

On May 28, 2025, an employee was working to fill a farmer's converted grain truck that had a liquid tank on the bed of the truck. The employee was getting up on the back on the truck and reached for the handle of a door. The door was not secured and the employee fell backward about 4 feet to the ground. He sustained a punctured lung and five broken ribs. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was using sandpaper to clean a lathe when their glove was caught, pulling their right hand into the rotation. The employee sustained a broken right wrist and broken fingers. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee slipped and fell to the floor of a milk unloading bay, striking their head on the floor and suffering a head and neck injury.

An employee was wakeboarding; being towed behind a 20-foot inboard boat. He was attempting an inverted maneuver that included jumping from one wake to the next while doing a flip. The employee landed on top of the wake causing his board to stop; his momentum carried him forward causing impact against the board. The employee sustained an open fracture to the right tibia and fibula.

An employee was cleaning a stairwell landing when he fell down a flight of stairs. He suffered a head injury and a cut below the eye.

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.