Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14405997 - Employee burned in pipeline flash fire

Accident Summary Nr: 14405997 -- Report ID: 0626700 -- Event Date: 12/14/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107494031	12/14/1993	1623	0	J. L. Cox, Inc.

Abstract: While cutting pavement with a rock saw to work on a natural gas pipeline within the city limits of Galveston, TX, employees cut into the gas pipeline . The employees continued to work in the natural gas atmosphere until an unknown source ignited the gas, which resulted in a flash fire that burned Employee #1.

Keywords: BURN, FLAMMABLE VAPORS, WORK RULES, FIRE, CONSTRUCTION, NATURAL GAS, SAW, PIPELINE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107494031			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported

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