# Fractures and burns at Deer Country Farm and Lawn, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019032653` · 3/13/2019 · MANHEIM, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Barrels, drums-except pressurized
- **Secondary source:** Hand grinders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Deer Country Farm and Lawn, Inc.
- **Location:** 2710 Mount Joy Road, MANHEIM, PENNSYLVANIA, 17545
- **NAICS:** 423820
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An electric hand grinder was being used to cut an empty metal 55-gallon drum that had held motor oil. The drum exploded. The employee suffered a broken facial bone, moderate burns on the side of the face, and burns to the esophagus and lungs.

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