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Accident Summary Nr: 106913.015 - One employee is killed, five are injured in gas explosion

Accident Summary Nr: 106913.015 -- Report ID: 0636900 -- Event Date: 06/26/2018
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
1326636.01506/28/2018238220Lochridge-Priest, Inc.

Abstract: At 2:45 p.m. on June 26, 2018, Employees #1 through #6, employed by a heating and air conditioning contractor, were working at a multiemployer construction project, an addition to a hospital. One employee was working on vent pipes on the roof near the hospital's central utility plant. Others were in the utility plant's boiler room and purging air from gas lines. They did not use a combustible gas detector, instead relying on their sense of smell to detect the odorant in natural gas. There was an explosion of natural gas. One employee was struck by debris from the explosion and thrown into a wall. Others incurred other injuries. This incident resulted in one employee being killed and five requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Boiler, Construction, Explosion, Natural Gas, Nose, Purging, Struck Against, Struck By, Venting, Wall
Accident Details
End Use Project Type Project Cost Stories Non-building Height Fatality
Commercial building New project or new addition  

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 1326636.015 25 M Hospitalized injury Heating, air conditioning, and refrig. mechanics
2 1326636.015 44 M Fatality Heating, air conditioning, and refrig. mechanics
3 1326636.015 25 M Hospitalized injury Heating, air conditioning, and refrig. mechanics
4 1326636.015 25 M Hospitalized injury Heating, air conditioning, and refrig. mechanics
5 1326636.015 25 M Hospitalized injury Heating, air conditioning, and refrig. mechanics
6 1326636.015 25 M Hospitalized injury Heating, air conditioning, and refrig. mechanics

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