Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14314603 - 79-year-old employee killed, 9 injured in gasoline explosion

Accident Summary Nr: 14314603 -- Report ID: 0317000 -- Event Date: 06/04/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
17995044	06/05/1987	5511	0	Definzio Imports, Inc.

Abstract: Employees #1 through #10 were working at their regular tasks. Employee #1, age 79, was sent down to the basement to clean up gasoline that had accumulated in a basement from a leak at a gas station next to the work site. An unknown source ignited the gasoline fumes, causing an explosion in which Employee #1 was killed. The building collapsed and materials were blown about the work area, striking the other employees. Employees #2 through #10 sustained multiple cuts, but only Employees #2 and #3 were hospitalized.

Keywords: LEAK, FLAMMABLE VAPORS, BUILDING COLLAPSE, WORK RULES, FIRE, EXPLOSION, LACERATION, GAS LEAK, FLYING OBJECT, GASOLINE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	17995044	Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported
2	17995044	Hospitalized injury	Dislocation	Occupation not reported
3	17995044	Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported
4	17995044	Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported
5	17995044	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported
6	17995044	Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported
7	17995044	Non Hospitalized injury	Dislocation	Occupation not reported
8	17995044	Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported
9	17995044	Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported
10	17995044	Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported

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