Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2019-02-27 | Phelps | New York | Wadhams 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. | |||||
2017-01-06 | Phelps | Wisconsin | Berntsen Brass & Aluminum Foundry, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Explosion, 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. | |||||
2015-06-23 | Phelps | New York | Phelps Cement Products Incorporated | Ankle(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. |