# Fractures and burns at Knaus Cheese, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171111065` · 11/17/2017 · ROSENDALE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Barrels, drums-except pressurized
- **Secondary source:** Welding, cutting, and blow torches
## Employer
- **Name:** Knaus Cheese, Inc.
- **Location:** N5722 County Road C, ROSENDALE, WISCONSIN, 54974
- **NAICS:** 424430
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was plasma torch-cutting a 55-gallon drum when it exploded and caught on fire. The employee suffered second degree burns and a broken leg.

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