OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #768739
ENTEX, INC.
MINEOLA, TX·
Event description
Employee killed when natural gas ignites
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was repairing a natural gas line that had been cut by another contra ctor when the gas vapors ignited. He received third-degree burns over 50 percent of his body and died.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 1640
- Task assigned
- 1
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