BEAVER DAM, WISCONSIN—
United Cooperative
Nonroadway noncollision fall or jump from moving vehicle · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at United Cooperative, N7160 Raceway Rd, BEAVER DAM, WISCONSIN 53916 on — Fractures , affecting the Leg(s) unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was loading feed (grain) from grain bins into a truck when the truck moved, and they fell off an11-foot fixed ladder on the truck's trailer to the concrete ground. The employee sustained fractures to both legs as well as contusions/abrasions to their shoulders and arms.
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An employee had just set a feed box on a truck. When the employee reached back to move something, the employee's left index finger was pinched between the feed box and the truck. The fingertip was amputated.
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On January 6, 2022, two employees accessed the top of a series of rail cars to open the lids in preparation for loading the next day. Due to extremely cold and snowy conditions, the rail car lids were frozen shut. One of the employees fell approximately 14 feet to the frozen ground below, resulting in two broken ankles and hospitalization. Fall protection was not used at the time.
BEAVER DAM, WISCONSIN—
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At about 11:30 a.m. on July 19, 2021, an employee was on a ladder when the ladder slipped out at the bottom. The employee fell to the concrete 5 or 6 feet below, landing on their right side and suffering fractures to the right foot and shoulder. The employee was hospitalized.
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