MARINETTE, WISCONSIN—
Waupaca Foundry, Inc.
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Waupaca Foundry, Inc. , 805 Ogden Street, MARINETTE, WISCONSIN 54143 on — Fractures, affecting the lumbar region.
Final narrative
On March 13, 2016, an employee was putting a belt (48" wide by 17' long) on the screener. The employee was on a ladder three rungs up. When he attempted to pull on the belt, the ladder went out from underneath him and he fell to the floor. He suffered a compression fracture to his lumbar vertebra.
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WAUPACA, WISCONSIN—
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On March 14, 2025, in the top pick and sort area of the finishing department, an employee was sorting castings on an elevated work platform. They were working with a casting or piece of gating when their right little finger got pinched between the actuator plow and the casting or gating. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
MARINETTE, WISCONSIN—
Waupaca Foundry, Inc.
An employee was moving a part from a shaker table to a grinder when their left ring finger was caught between the part and the rotating grinder wheel resulting in amputation of the finger.
MARINETTE, WISCONSIN—
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An employee was removing slag from the walls of a receiver with a chipping hammer. The employee was caught between a hot metal carrier ladle and chisel bits and suffered a crushing injury to the torso that resulted in a lacerated liver. The employee was hospitalized.
MARINETTE, WISCONSIN—
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An employee was cleaning out a broaching machine at the end of a shift. The machine actuated, causing amputations to the employee's index finger (to the first knuckle) and ring finger (just above the second knuckle).
MARINETTE, WISCONSIN—
Waupaca Foundry, Inc.
On November 17, 2020, an employee was flipping the gating tree and pour cup on the line when the pour cup fell backward and crushed her left index finger on the shaker table resulting in a partial amputation.
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