Waupaca, WI

Employers with the most severe injuries in Waupaca

Example incidents

• Waupaca Foundry, Inc. WAUPACA, WISCONSIN · 2025-03-14 · Struck by running powered equipment unspecified

  On March 14, 2025, in the top pick and sort area of the finishing department, an employee was sorting castings on an elevated work platform. They were working with a casting or piece of gating when their right little finger got pinched between the actuator plow and the casting or gating. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

• Gabe's Top It or Drop It Tree Service, LLC WAUPACA, WISCONSIN · 2025-01-07 · Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact unspecified

  An employee was using a chainsaw to cut the stalk of a tree that was rigged to a crane while on an aerial lift. The stalk broke off below the pinch point and the butt tipped up and pinched the chainsaw, pulling the employee out of the basket. The employee fell to the surface level and sustained fractures to their pelvis and vertebrae/spine. Fall protection was not in place at the time.

• Waupaca Foundry Inc. (Plant 2,3) WAUPACA, WISCONSIN · 2024-03-08 · Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing

  An employee was inside a sand muller machine using an air hose to clean out sand. The machine was activated and a metal mixer piece lacerated their upper thigh and fractured their femur. That machine was not locked out/tagged out.

• Waupaca Foundry Inc. (Plant 2,3) WAUPACA, WISCONSIN · 2023-04-05 · Compressed or pinched between two stationary objects

  An employee was repositioning a chill adder so that the pig tubs behind it could be removed. The employee lost their balance and their finger was pinched between the chill adder and the pig tub, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

• Park Vista Retirement Living WAUPACA, WISCONSIN · 2023-01-04 · Fall on same level due to slipping

  An employee was walking in a hallway when they slipped on a wet floor and fell onto their right hip, resulting in a fractured hip.

• Waupaca Foundry Inc. (Plant 1) WAUPACA, WISCONSIN · 2021-11-02 · Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment

  An employee was offloading casted parts from a grinding line. The employee went to flip one part over when the next part made contact with his right ring finger, resulting in an amputation of the distal end of the finger.

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