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Accident Summary Nr: 14550784 - LPG LEAK IGNITED, 4 EMPLOYEES INJURED

Accident Summary Nr: 14550784 -- Report ID: 1032500 -- Event Date: 02/11/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103192217	02/11/1987	1629	0	M.A. Mortenson Company Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103191979	02/11/1987	1791	0	Tri-States Rebar
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103191987	02/11/1987	1771	0	Boyles Bros. Drilling Company

Abstract: EMPLOYEES #1 THROUGH #4 WERE LOCATED IN A BUILDING ADJACENT TO A TANK WHICH STORED LP GAS. THE TANK"S VALVE CONNECTIONS WERE BROKEN WHEN THEY WERE STRUCK BY A REBAR ROD BEING DRAGGED BY A PICKUP TRUCK. A CLOUD OF FLAMMABLE VAPOR FORMED FROM THE ESCAPING LP GAS. THE CLOUD WAS IGNITED BY THE PILOT LIGHT OF AN LP GAS VAPORIZER. FLAMES ENGULFED EMPLOYEES #1 THROUGH #4 WHEN THEY TRIED LEAVE THE BUILDING THROUGH A DOOR LOCATED ABOUT 20 FEET AWAY FROM THE TANK.

Keywords: FLAMMABLE VAPORS, VALVE, BURN, FIRE, LP GAS, LPG CONTAINER, GAS LEAK

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	103192217	Non Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Surveyors and mapping scientists
2	103192217	Non Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Surveyors and mapping scientists
3	103191979			Occupation Not Listed
4	103191987	Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Drillers, earth
5	103191987	Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Drillers, earth

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