Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-05-06 | Waunakee | Wi | Octopi Brewing, LLC | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was filling a stainless steel batching table with hot water to begin a CIP cycle. Once the equipment filled with hot water, the pressure caused a faulty valve to open. The employee was sprayed with hot water and suffered second-degree burns to his arm, torso, and leg. | |||||
2020-05-08 | Waunakee | Wisconsin | CTW Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
On May 8, 2020, an employee was using a maul hammer when part of the tool struck the employee's left pinky, causing crushing injuries and a pinky fingertip amputation. | |||||
2019-03-06 | Waunakee | Wisconsin | Endres Manufacturing Company | Hand(s) | Vehicle or machinery fire |
An employee was about to preheat 1-inch carbon steel with an oxygen/propylene torch. The torch caught fire, and the heat caused second-degree burns to the employee's hand through the leather glove. | |||||
2016-02-08 | Waunakee | Wisconsin | Trader Gus Inc | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee's right-hand index fingertip was amputated by a mixer-grinder machine head. The grinder was still spinning at the time of the incident. |