DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2019-02-27PhelpsNew YorkWadhams Enterprises Inc.Fingertip(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee suffered a fingertip amputation while trying to remove frozen milk from a valve.
2017-01-06PhelpsWisconsinBerntsen Brass & Aluminum Foundry, Inc.Multiple body partsExplosion, n.e.c.
An employee was placing a zinc ingot into an induction melting electric furnace. When the zinc ingot contacted the molten metal, the furnace blew up, causing severe burns to the employee's upper body and minor burns to a coworker.
2015-06-23PhelpsNew YorkPhelps Cement Products IncorporatedAnkle(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee got his right foot and ankle caught in a pallet that was then pulled into the roller on the palletizer. When the pallet was rolling forward it cut his right ankle into the bone. The employee was hospitalized.