Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids · Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Broadhead Boring, LLC, Intersection of Dauer Ranch Road and Pieper Road, NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS 78130
on , Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified, affecting the multiple body parts, unspecified.
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Final narrative
Employees were making a tie-in on an 8-inch natural gas line by attaching two squeeze-off tools to shut off the line. When the polyethylene pipe was cut, one of the squeeze-off tools failed, causing a leak that resulted in an ignition. One employee was burned over about 50 percent of their body; the other was burned over about 10 percent.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, unspecifiedNatural gas