# Fractures at BURNETT DAIRY COOPERATIVE
> OSHA SIR `2015075196` · 7/29/2015 · GRANTSBURG, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **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.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*