# Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified at Wiskerchen Cheese, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025010889` · 1/28/2025 · AUBURNDALE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Dairy and milk processing machinery
- **Secondary source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Wiskerchen Cheese, LLC
- **Location:** 5710 County Road H, AUBURNDALE, WISCONSIN, 54412
- **NAICS:** 311513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing curd from a 4-inch valve. The air line disconnected from the valve and caused the valve to spring closed. The employee sustained multiple injuries to three fingers and required surgery.

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