Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Ferrellgas, L.P., 6611 Pickett Dr., JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA 32219
on — Fractures, affecting the hip(s).
Final narrative
On May 31, 2019, an employee was filling a propane gas cylinder used for forklifts when pressure from the nozzle came off of the propane cylinder and knocked him to the ground. He sustained a fracture to his right hip and was hospitalized.
An employee was connecting a hose to fill a propane cylinder. The flow of propane was activated when the filler nozzle was partially connected to the cylinder. The nozzle detached from the cylinder valve, causing expanding liquid propane to release through the nozzle. This caused the employee to lose his balance, spin, become entangled in the hose, and fall. He struck his head on the ground and suffered fractures to the temple and cheekbones, a laceration on the forehead, and a brain bleed. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was pumping liquid propane from a propane delivery truck to a storage tank. After the transfer was completed, the employee closed the valves and disconnected the transfer hose. During the transfer, the liquid propane auto-refrigerated the riser pipe of the storage tank and that delayed the vaporization of the propane. Upon reaching a higher temperature, liquified propane began rapidly expanding. Liquid propane then discharged from the pipe and contacted the employee, causing cold burns. The employee was hospitalized for second-degree burns to their torso and arms.
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