Fractures

Name: Fractures at BURNETT DAIRY COOPERATIVE
Start: 7/29/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015075196 · 7/29/2015 · BURNETT DAIRY COOPERATIVE

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Arm(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Explosion, n.e.c.
Source: Barrels, drums-except pressurized
Secondary source: Welding, cutting, and blow torches

Employer

Name: BURNETT DAIRY COOPERATIVE
Location: 11631 STATE Road 70, GRANTSBURG, WISCONSIN, 54840
NAICS: 311513
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cutting open a steel barrel. He set the plasma torch/cutter on a barrel beside him and the barrel exploded. The force of the explosion broke his arm.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown