JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN—
Humane Manufacturing Company LLC
Explosion, n.e.c. · Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
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Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Humane Manufacturing Company LLC, 1350 Venture Drive, JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN 53546 on — Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was tending to a grinder machine that was smoking. The machine caught fire and exploded. The employee sustained first, second, and third degree burns to their back and both arms.
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JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN—
Humane Manufacturing Company, LLC
An employee was moving a mat from a press mold and placing it on a roller conveyor. A mold fell off the conveyor and landed on the employee's right foot. The fifth metatarsal was fractured and the little toe was dislocated.
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