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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2024032135 · 3/8/2024 · Waupaca Foundry Inc. (Plant 2,3)

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Thigh(s)
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source
Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery n.e.c.
Secondary source
"Lock out/ tag out" communication systems

Employer

Name
Waupaca Foundry Inc. (Plant 2,3)
Location
1955 Brunner Drive, WAUPACA, WISCONSIN, 54981
NAICS
331511
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

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.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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