Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 123153.015 - Two employees are injured in boiler explosion

Accident Summary Nr: 123153.015 -- Report ID: 0953210 -- Event Date: 07/05/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1414677.015	07/05/2019		611310	University Of Nevada Reno

Abstract: At 12:47 p.m. on July 5, 2019, two employees, service technicians, were servicing a boiler with a faulty servomotor in a college dormitory. The employees replaced the broken part but the boiler was not firing correctly and they turned it off. The employees then saw a wall of fire and the boiler exploded. The employees ran out of the boiler area and yelled for people to evacuate and sound the alarm, then they went to shut off the gas outside the building when a second, larger explosion occurred. The employees suffered lacerations from flying debris but did not require hospitalization.

Keywords: Boiler, Debris, Explosion, Gas-Fired Boiler, Laceration, Repair, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1414677.015	24	F	Non Hospitalized injury
2	1414677.015	31	M	Non Hospitalized injury

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