Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 142855.015 - Two employees suffer burns in propane fire

Accident Summary Nr: 142855.015 -- Report ID: 0728900 -- Event Date: 11/11/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1564359.015	11/16/2021		444220	Frontier Cooperative

Abstract: At 3:00 p.m. on November 11, 2021, two employees were working for a farmers' cooperative. It offered grain storage for 2.6 million bushels and supplied customers with anhydrous ammonia and liquid fertilizer, along with selling propane. Both employees drove heavy trucks. They were working around propane. They were removing the thermostat from a propane vaporizer. The propane ignited. The two employees received second- and third-degree burns. They were hospitalized.

Keywords: Agriculture, Burn, Fire, Flammable Vapors, Grain Elevator, Ignite, Propane

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1564359.015	60	M	Hospitalized injury		Truck drivers, heavy
2	1564359.015	65	M	Hospitalized injury		Truck drivers, heavy

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