OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14346746
GRANADA CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION
LARGO, FL·
Event description
LP GAS EXPLOSION IN APARTMENT COMPLEX
Investigation abstract
ON A SATURDAY MORNING A GAS LEAK WAS REPORTED IN THE LOWER, END APARTMENT OF A 2 MBER, EMPLOYEE #3, AND THE SUPERINTENDENT, EMPLOYEE #1, WERE KILLED. 4 UNIT, 2 STORY BUILDING WHICH WAS IN THE PUNCH OUT STAGE OF BEING READIED FOR O CCUPANCY. A PLUMBER, EMPLOYEE #3, WAS ASKED TO CHECK OUT THE SYSTEM FOR AN LP GA S LEAK. HE USED A BOTTLE OF WINDEX TO TEST FOR LEAKS BEHIND THE KITCHEN STOVE. H E FOUND NONE. THEY THEN TURNED OFF THE MASTER GAS VALVE AT THE OUTSIDE RISER. TH E PLUMBER, EMPLOYEE #3, INTENDED TO REPLACE THE METAL FLEXIBLE HOSE AND NEEDED A NOTHER WRENCH. THE ASST. SUPT., EMPLOYEE #2, WAS ON HIS WAY TO GET A WRENCH FROM THE TRUCK AND HAD JUST STEPPED OUT OF THE APARTMENT FRONT DOOR WHEN THERE WAS A TREMENDOUS EXPLOSION. HE WAS HOSPITALIZED WITH SEVERE CUTS AND BRUISES. THE PLU
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 2
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#3 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 19
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 2
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