Medford, WI—Federal OSHA workplace-safety record

Medford, WI

16 severe-injury reports between 2016-01-18 and 2024-09-05, 119 OSHA inspections, and 211 Form 300/301 injury filings on federal record in Medford, Wisconsin.

16Severe injuries

10Hospitalizations

119OSHA inspections

211Injury filings

Employers with the most severe injuries in Medford

# Employer Severe-injury reports

1 Sierra Pacific Industries 3 2 Weather Shield Mfg., Inc. 3 3 Marathon Cheese Corporation 2 4 Alwin Manufacturing 1 5 James Peterson Sons Inc. 1 6 Medford Cooperative, Inc. 1 7 Nestle Pizza Division 1 8 Stoltze Specialty Products, LLC 1 9 WEATHER SHIELD MFG., INC. MILLWORK DIVISION 1

Example incidents

Marathon Cheese Corporation MEDFORD, WISCONSIN · 2024-09-05 · Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
An employee was removing cheese product from the top of a conveyor belt. His right ring finger got pulled under the metal product guide rail at the edge of the conveyor and was pinched between the conveyor and the guide rail. The employee sustained an amputation of the fingertip between the first knuckle and the fingernail.
Sierra Pacific Industries Inc. MEDFORD, WISCONSIN · 2023-08-31 · Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using a curving roll machine to bend a piece of aluminum when their fingers were pinched between the aluminum and the roller. The employee's left index and middle fingers were partially amputated.
Alwin Manufacturing MEDFORD, WISCONSIN · 2022-09-14 · Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
At 8:42 p.m. on September 14, 2022, an employee was pushing a roller plate back into a mold storage rack loaded with a mold. The eye hook on the top of the mold caught on the shelf above, causing it to tip and pinch the employee's fingers. The mold eventually fell; it struck the employee multiple times. The employee suffered an amputated finger, a broken knee, and a broken foot.
Weather Shield Mfg., Inc. MEDFORD, WISCONSIN · 2022-05-31 · Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
On May 31, 2022, at 8:00 a.m., an employee was removing a block of wood from an electronic glue machine when the wood pinched her right thumb between a metal railing on the side of the machine, resulting in medical amputation.
Weather Shield Mfg., Inc. MEDFORD, WISCONSIN · 2021-05-21 · Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
At about 10:25 a.m. on May 21, 2021, an employee was moving stored pedestal fans from an overhead balcony onto an adjacent elevated forklift platform. As the employee stepped off the balcony and onto the forklift platform, the platform became unstable and tipped off the forks. The employee fell to the concrete floor about 10 feet below, suffering a back/spine injury. The employee was hospitalized.
Sierra Pacific Industries Inc. MEDFORD, WISCONSIN · 2019-12-11 · Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
On December 11, 2019, an employee was cutting wood stock with a chop saw to fabricate a window when the spinning saw blade amputated the employee's right thumb.

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Source: federal OSHA Severe Injury Reports, inspections, and ITA Form 300/301 filings. Counts reflect federal jurisdiction only.