OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14202436
NATURAL GAS,RUPTURE,EXPLOSION,LACERATION
Event description
EMPLOYEE CUT BY AIRBORNE GLASS FROM GAS EXPLOSION
Investigation abstract
On March 16, 1987, a natural gas line ruptured causing an explosion in Lake Oswe go, OR. The explosion caused some glass to become airborne. The airborne glass s truck Employee #1 who sustained a cut or laceration. Employee #1 was not hospita lized but was treated by a doctor.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 46 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 20
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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