Other contact with non-running objects or equipment n.e.c. · Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Dairyland Power Cooperative, 3251 East Ave. S., LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN 54602
on — Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures, affecting the Forearm(s).
Final narrative
An employee was adjusting the turnbuckle on the sash chain of a rolling overhead fire door using pliers. The turnbuckle detached from the bracket and the bracket rotated, striking the employee's forearm. The employee was hospitalized with a laceration.
Hospitalized Forearm(s) Doors rail mounted and garage
More severe injuries at Dairyland Power Cooperative
On July 17, 2024, at approximately 3:30 PM, an employee was operating a side-by-side UTV near the edge of a ditch when it rolled over. The employee sustained a back injury resulting in hospitalization.
An employee was performing a magneto timing service on a four-seat, single-engine, fixed-wing aircraft. The timing service requires the propeller and the engine to be moved/rotated. When the propeller rotated, it struck the employee, causing a head injury. The employee was hospitalized.
The injured employee and a co-worker were moving a tank car loaded with molasses from the loading station to the designated side of the facility using a wheel loader to pull the rail car. The employees reached an incline and applied the handbrake. While they repositioned the wheel loader to push the rail car the remaining distance to their destination, the rail car started to move backward. The injured employee climbed onto the rear platform of the car to tighten the brake, but the rail car collided with the loader bucket and the employee suffered fractures to their right femur and tibia.
An employee was cleaning saw dust off of a straight line rip saw after turning it off when his fingers contacted the blade that was still spinning, resulting in the amputations of the left middle and index fingertips to the first knuckle.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 221122)
An employee was setting up communication equipment for a meeting. They were walking and tripped over a speaker on the ground. The employee sustained a leg injury.
An employee (a lineman) was working to restore power by installing a hand line when he contacted a high-voltage device (7,200 volts), resulting in electrical burns to his upper body and hands.
A chain sling failed while a utility pole was being removed. A chain link struck an employee who was operating a front-end loader, puncturing the employee's chest.
An employee was working with an underground crew to troubleshoot a BUD failure. The employee was removing a fuse from the fuse holder when the fuse blew on the riser and an arc flash occurred. The employee was hospitalized with burns to his face, nose, lips, and neck.
An employee was connecting two wires when his rubber insulated gloves failed and he suffered an electric shock to his right hand, resulting in an electrical burn.
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.