LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN—
City Brewing Company, LLC
Contact with hot objects or substances · Thermal burns second degree
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Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at City Brewing Company, LLC, 925 South 3rd Street, LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN 54601 on — Thermal burns second degree, affecting the Multiple body parts n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was removing a section of pipe to access valves that needed to be replaced on a brewing machine when a valve was opened. This caused hot wort (220 degrees Fahrenheit) to splash on him at an unknown pressure. He sustained second degree burns to his chin, cheeks, forehead, the left side of his chest, left arm, left hand, and right hand.
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LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN—
City Brewing Company, LLC
An employee was standing on top of a stack of pallets approximately 3 feet, 9 inches tall to adjust a conveyor near a palletizer. The employee lost his balance when coming down from the pallets and fell to the concrete floor below, resulting in a compound fracture to his left wrist.
LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN—
City Brewing Company, LLC
Two employees were working on a labeler. The first employee was cleaning the fingers of the labeler, while the second was working on a sensor. When the second employee finished his work on the sensor, he closed a door on the machine, causing a rack to move forward and catch the first employee's left-hand middle finger. The first employee suffered an avulsion that required surgical amputation of the fingertip.
LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN—
City Brewing Company, LLC
An employee amputated the right ring finger when clearing a jam on the bottling machine.
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