OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #690503
WIDMER BROS INC
VICTORIA, MN—
Event description
LPG CYLINDER FIRE
Investigation abstract
ON DECEMBER 20, 1984, AT APPROXIMATELY 8 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PREPARING TO MAKE A PIPE CONNECTION IN A SANITARY SEWER LIFT STATION, MEASURING 5 FEET INSIDE DIAME TER BY APPROXIMATELY 14 FEET DEEP. A CO-WORKER BEGAN LOWERING A LPG CYLINDER, WI TH A LIT BURNER, INTO THE LIFT STATION. THIS WAS TO MELT THE ICE THAT HAD ACCUMU LATED OVERNIGHT. AFTER LOWERING THE LPG CYLINDER ABOUT HALFWAY, THE CYLINDER FEL L FROM THE LOWERING ROPE AND CRASHED TO THE LIFT STATION FLOOR, BREAKING THE BRA SS BURNER FITTING. GAS LEAKED FROM THE BROKEN FITTING AND IGNITED. EMPLOYEE #1 R ECIEVED BURNS TO 25% OF HIS BODY, ON HIS FACE AND HEAD, RIGHT ARM, CHEST, THIGHS AND LEGS.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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