OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #689208
BURN,HEAD,LUNG,CONSTRUCTION,EXPLOSION,LP GAS,GAS LEAK,TRAILER,FACE,HAND
Event description
EMPLOYEE BURNED BY EXPLOSION OF LP GAS IN TRAILER
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIGHT THE SURFACE UNITS OF A BROWN, 4-BURNER LP GA S RANGE, USING A CIGARETTE LIGHTER. THE PILOT LIGHT DID NOT LIGHT THE BURNER. AP PARENTLY AN ACCUMULATION OF LP GAS HAD OCCURRED WITHIN THE PAST TWO DAYS BECAUSE THREE PILOT LIGHTS HAD GONE OUT UNNOTICED. THE ACCUMULATED LP GAS EXPLODED, BUR NING EMPLOYEE #1 ON THE HEAD, FACE AND HANDS, AND SCORCHING HIS RESPIRATORY SYST EM.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 43 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 216
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 2150
- Task assigned
- 1
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