OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #811588
LIQUILUX GAS CORPORATION
PONCE, PR·
Event description
Employees burned by leaking gas explosion
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 and #2 were lowering a cylinder of gas from a truck. They threw the cylinder from the truck to the ground. When the cylinder fell the valve crashed against the pavement and broke open, leaking gas. The leaking gas reached a lit stove and exploded, burning the employees. They were both hospitalized.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 805
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 805
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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