OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14468482
BURN,REPAIR,FIRE,HOSE,RUPTURE,EXPLOSION,LP GAS,OFF LOADING
Event description
Employee burned in lp gas explosion and fire
Investigation abstract
On the afternoon of October 17, 1989, Employee #1 was working at his regularly a weeks and underwent skin grafts and therapy. ssigned job off loading his bulk lp gas truck transport at the lp gas bulk plant of F.G. White Co., in Waitsfield, VT. The employee detected a small leak in the 2 in. discharge line that ran from the tanker truck. He shut down the pump and stopped off loading. After making temporary repairs to the hose with a pipe nipp le and hose clamps, he resumed off loading. The repaired hose ruptured, releasin g an undetermined amount of lp gas that, shortly afterward, was ignited by an un known source. The resulting flash fire engulfed Employee #1, causing second- and third- degree burns to 40 percent of his body. He was hospitalized for several
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 4
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 10
- Task assigned
- 1
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