OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14300602
MAUI PINEAPPLE CO LTD
KAHULUI, HI·
Event description
Two employees injured in laboratory explosion
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 and #2 were quality control laboratory technicians. When Employee # 2 unplugged the coffeemaker on a laboratory countertop, an explosion occurred th at ripped a 4 foot hole in the hollow tile block wall where propane gas lines we re installed. Both employees sustained facial cuts and Employee #1 fractured his collarbone. They were treated at Maui Memorial Hospital and released. The accid ent appears to have been caused by a propane gas leak.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 60 F
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 21
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 225
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 53 F
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 225
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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