Former Boyd Man Killed At Work
Chippewa Falls - Arthur Hamman, 25, former Boyd resident, was killed when more than a ton of molten brass was flung from a spinning mold in a Waukesha foundry Thursday.
Seven other workers were burned and taken to Waukesha Memorial Hospital. Two were reported in critical condition, five in fair condition.
M.E. Nevins, president of the Wisconsin Centrifugal Foundry, said the metal was being spun under centrifugal force to make a casting. A safety cover broke off, causing the accident, he said.
The workers, walking away from the spinning mold, were showered with th liquid metal.
Funeral services for Mr Hamman will be held at St Joseph's Catholic Church in Waukesha at 10 am today. Burial will be in Boyd in the Edson Cemetery, with graveside services Monday at 11 am.
The Tuschen-Rudol Funeral Home in Waukesha is in charge of arrangements.
Mr Hamman was born in Stanley, Feb 9, 1934. He attended Boyd Schools and seven years ago moved to Waukesha.
He is survived by his wife, the former Dorothy McNamara of Chippewa Falls; two children, Marlene Alita and Mitchell Earl, of Waukesha; his parents, Mr and Mrs Wilbur Hamman of Boyd; three brothers and one sister; Theodore and Benny of Boyd; David of Waukesha and Mrs Irma Nasseth of Waukesha and his maternal grandmother.
Chippewa Falls - Arthur Hamman, 25, former Boyd resident, was killed when more than a ton of molten brass was flung from a spinning mold in a Waukesha foundry Thursday.
Seven other workers were burned and taken to Waukesha Memorial Hospital. Two were reported in critical condition, five in fair condition.
M.E. Nevins, president of the Wisconsin Centrifugal Foundry, said the metal was being spun under centrifugal force to make a casting. A safety cover broke off, causing the accident, he said.
The workers, walking away from the spinning mold, were showered with th liquid metal.
Funeral services for Mr Hamman will be held at St Joseph's Catholic Church in Waukesha at 10 am today. Burial will be in Boyd in the Edson Cemetery, with graveside services Monday at 11 am.
The Tuschen-Rudol Funeral Home in Waukesha is in charge of arrangements.
Mr Hamman was born in Stanley, Feb 9, 1934. He attended Boyd Schools and seven years ago moved to Waukesha.
He is survived by his wife, the former Dorothy McNamara of Chippewa Falls; two children, Marlene Alita and Mitchell Earl, of Waukesha; his parents, Mr and Mrs Wilbur Hamman of Boyd; three brothers and one sister; Theodore and Benny of Boyd; David of Waukesha and Mrs Irma Nasseth of Waukesha and his maternal grandmother.
Former Boyd Man Killed At Work
Chippewa Falls - Arthur Hamman, 25, former Boyd resident, was killed when more than a ton of molten brass was flung from a spinning mold in a Waukesha foundry Thursday.
Seven other workers were burned and taken to Waukesha Memorial Hospital. Two were reported in critical condition, five in fair condition.
M.E. Nevins, president of the Wisconsin Centrifugal Foundry, said the metal was being spun under centrifugal force to make a casting. A safety cover broke off, causing the accident, he said.
The workers, walking away from the spinning mold, were showered with th liquid metal.
Funeral services for Mr Hamman will be held at St Joseph's Catholic Church in Waukesha at 10 am today. Burial will be in Boyd in the Edson Cemetery, with graveside services Monday at 11 am.
The Tuschen-Rudol Funeral Home in Waukesha is in charge of arrangements.
Mr Hamman was born in Stanley, Feb 9, 1934. He attended Boyd Schools and seven years ago moved to Waukesha.
He is survived by his wife, the former Dorothy McNamara of Chippewa Falls; two children, Marlene Alita and Mitchell Earl, of Waukesha; his parents, Mr and Mrs Wilbur Hamman of Boyd; three brothers and one sister; Theodore and Benny of Boyd; David of Waukesha and Mrs Irma Nasseth of Waukesha and his maternal grandmother.
Chippewa Falls - Arthur Hamman, 25, former Boyd resident, was killed when more than a ton of molten brass was flung from a spinning mold in a Waukesha foundry Thursday.
Seven other workers were burned and taken to Waukesha Memorial Hospital. Two were reported in critical condition, five in fair condition.
M.E. Nevins, president of the Wisconsin Centrifugal Foundry, said the metal was being spun under centrifugal force to make a casting. A safety cover broke off, causing the accident, he said.
The workers, walking away from the spinning mold, were showered with th liquid metal.
Funeral services for Mr Hamman will be held at St Joseph's Catholic Church in Waukesha at 10 am today. Burial will be in Boyd in the Edson Cemetery, with graveside services Monday at 11 am.
The Tuschen-Rudol Funeral Home in Waukesha is in charge of arrangements.
Mr Hamman was born in Stanley, Feb 9, 1934. He attended Boyd Schools and seven years ago moved to Waukesha.
He is survived by his wife, the former Dorothy McNamara of Chippewa Falls; two children, Marlene Alita and Mitchell Earl, of Waukesha; his parents, Mr and Mrs Wilbur Hamman of Boyd; three brothers and one sister; Theodore and Benny of Boyd; David of Waukesha and Mrs Irma Nasseth of Waukesha and his maternal grandmother.
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