OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #690289
NORTH CENTRAL PUBLIC SERVICE CO
ANDOVER, MN·
Event description
Employees burned by propane fire
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was repairing a propane gas tank on a truck. He brought the truck in side a garage to bleed off the propane in one tank. The gas was ignited by a pil ot light on a water heater. Employees #1, #2, and a customer suffered 2nd- and 3 rd-degree burns.
Victims (2)
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 503
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 2150
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 699
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 2150
- Task assigned
- 1
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