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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221428550

FRONTIER COOPERATIVE

Event
Agriculture, Burn, Fire, Flammable Vapors, Grain Elevator, Ignite, Propane
NAICS
444220
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345643597
Employer profile
FRONTIER COOPERATIVE
Summary number
221428550
Report ID
0728900

Event description

Two employees suffer burns in propane fire

Investigation abstract

At 3:00 p.m. on November 11, 2021, two employees were working for a farmers' cooperative. It offered grain storage for 2.6 million bushels and supplied customers with anhydrous ammonia and liquid fertilizer, along with selling propane. Both employees drove heavy trucks. They were working around propane. They were removing the thermostat from a propane vaporizer. The propane ignited. The two employees received second- and third-degree burns. They were hospitalized.

Victims (2)

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 60 M

    Event type
    1
    Occupation code
    804
  2. #2 Hospitalized Age 65 M

    Event type
    1
    Occupation code
    804

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