OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221438252
HYDRA-POINT PLANT GROWERS, INC.
WATSONVILLE, CA·
Event description
Employee burns hands due to leak while filling propane cylin
Investigation abstract
At 9:00 a.m. on January 31, 2022, an employee who worked as a General Laborer for an Industrial Nursery was filling propane cylinders from a bulk propane tank. As the employee was finishing filling a cylinder, he began to remove the filling hose before shutting off the propane. As a result, gas escaped and caused freezing burns to the employee's hands, requiring hospitalization.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 51 M
- Event type
- 14
- Occupation code
- 889
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