Foundry Worker's Injuries Minor

The Warsaw Foundry had some tense moments yesterday, after a small explosion led emergency workers to call Samaritan Helicopter to the plant. Foundry President John Petro says the explosion happened when a worker loaded solid metal into a furnace that melts the metal for casting. Petro says the accident affected the worker’s level of consciousness, so medics had the chopper fly him to Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne. But the foundry president says the man’s injuries turned out to be minor and the hospital’s emergency room released the worker a few hours later. Petro says no one else was hurt and the explosion did not damage the plant or any equipment.