American Excelsior Company
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing — Fractures and surface, flesh wounds — RICE LAKE, WISCONSIN
| Employer | American Excelsior Company | Report ID | 2024087269 |
| Address | 831 Pioneer Avenue | City, State ZIP | RICE LAKE, WISCONSIN 54868 |
| Event Date | August 8, 2024 | Outcome | Hospitalized |
| Nature of Injury | Fractures and surface, flesh wounds | Body Part | Arm(s) unspecified |
| Event Type | Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing | Source of Injury | Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery unspecified |
| Secondary Source | Machine guards | ||
| Industry (NAICS) | 321999 | Inspection # | 1768645 |
| GPS Coordinates | 45.49000, -91.73000 | ||
Incident Narrative
On August 8, 2024, an employee was using a pad machine to produce "highway rolls" (16-foot-wide wood blanket). He was trying to adjust a blanket that was not feeding into the machine's baler when the netting of the blanket caught his right hand. His right arm was pulled into the baler and was broken and lacerated. He was hospitalized. Machine guarding was found to be insufficient.
Incident Summary
On August 8, 2024, a worker at American Excelsior Company in RICE LAKE, WISCONSIN suffered fractures and surface, flesh wounds to the arm(s) unspecified. The incident was classified as struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing, with metal, woodworking, and special material machinery unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.
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