Calumet Brass Foundry, Inc.

An employee connected a steam line to a hose to clean equipment when the fitting broke loose. They were struck by steam in the left inner thigh, resulting in burns that required hospitalization.

An employee was straining hot water from a pot of rice when the water splashed onto them, resulting in burns to their chest, arms, shoulder, and back.

An employee was making tea when she noticed tea grinds were collecting on the side and water was no longer dripping through the funnel. The employee was checking the funnel when boiling water and tea grinds spilled onto the left side of her body. The employee sustained burns to her neck, back, and arm.

An employee had turned off the ball valve on a waterpipe system and was removing the plug when the coupling system attached to the strainer came apart. Hot water sprayed on his arm and back, resulting in first- and second-degree burns that required surgery.

An employee was using a shovel to remove waste vermiculite from molten zinc. The metal had been placed in a bin and partially hardened. The employee broke through the partially hardened metal; still-molten metal flowed to the employee's steel-toed right boot and entered through the cloth boot tongue. The employee suffered a third-degree burn to the right foot and was hospitalized.

An employee was unloading scrap from a metal bin. The bin slid out of the forklift and landed on the employee's right foot, causing fractures to the foot.

On August 12, 2025, an employee had just finished skimming slag from the top of a ladle of molten metal. They began to walk away while an overhead crane began moving the ladle. The latch that prevented the ladle from tipping came loose. The ladle tipped and spilled molten metal onto the floor and it burned both of the employee's feet.

On August 4, 2025, at 7:00 AM, an employee was approaching an area to put out a fire with an ABC fire extinguisher when an unknown material exploded and contacted their face. The employee sustained a laceration to the right cheek with an object penetrating the nasal cavity. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was lifting a cope mold using a mold manipulator. While the mold was suspended in the air, he reached under it to retrieve the rollover pin. The mold slipped out of the manipulator and fell onto his right hand, causing a severe degloving of the right forearm and hand. He was hospitalized.

An employee had just put a dock plate in place. While stepping back over the plate, the employee tripped and fell onto it. The employee suffered a broken hip.

An employee fell while moving a water canister, resulting in fractures to four fingers on her right hand.

An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.

An employee was mixing sauce using a sauce barrel mixer when his left little finger was amputated.

An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.

A temporary employee was carrying a nail gun through the warehouse when it hit his leg, activated, and fired a nail into the leg.