MADISON, WISCONSIN—
Madison-Kipp Corporation
Contact with hot objects or substances · Thermal burns third degree or higher
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Madison-Kipp Corporation, 166 South Fair Oaks Avenue, MADISON, WISCONSIN 53704 on — Thermal burns third degree or higher, affecting the Leg(s) unspecified.
Final narrative
The injured employee was connecting a scrap conveyor because of a machine startup. They were connecting a plug above their head. A die-cast case cell had a malfunction while making a part and the die-cast machine ejected molten aluminum that struck the injured employee approximately 25 feet away. The employee sustained second- and third-degree burns to their left leg.
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An employee was hammering a piece of the die cast machine to flatten it out or flush into place when the brass hammer slipped from the employee's grip. As they went to catch it, the employee's right ring finger was caught between the brass hammer and the sliding pin of the die cast machine. The employee's right ring finger was partially amputated.
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