SAN ANTONIO, TX —
OSHA Injury Report: Improved Piping Products, Inc.
Skin disorder · Days away from work
At a glance
On , a skin disorder at Improved Piping Products, Inc. in SAN ANTONIO, TX 78218 resulted in days away from work. Employee was warehouse worker in fittings and unions, rigid plastics pipe, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Improved Piping Products, Inc.
- Parent company
- IMPROVED PIPING PRODUCTS
- Street
- 5010 Space Center Drive
- City
- SAN ANTONIO
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 78218
- On-site location
- Outside propane area.
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Skin disorder (code 2)
- Days away from work
- 16
Before the incident
Changing out propane tank on a forklift.
What happened
Employee and new hire were changing out a propane tank on a forklift. New employee failed to tighten the connection firmly and propane spewed. Employee did not close propane valve and tried to tighten connection with gloves on instead of closing the valve.
Injury or illness
Propane burns on the hands.
Object or substance involved
Propane leaking from the connection of the tank on the forklift.
Summary line
Failure to close valve on propane tank on the back of a forklift causing propane to spew out.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Warehouse worker
- SOC code
- 53-7062 — Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- NAICS code
- 326122 — Fittings and unions, rigid plastics pipe, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 100
- Total hours worked
- 189849
- EIN
- 942593029
- Establishment ID
- 1070566
- Employer case #
- 4
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 8:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 13:00:00.000
- Submitted
- 19JAN24:14:39:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.