Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170900450 - Two employees burned in pipeline fire

Accident Summary Nr: 170900450 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 01/28/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120041744	01/31/1997	1629	0	Brinderson Constructors Inc

Abstract: At approximately 8:45 a.m. on January 28, 1997, Employees #1 and #2 were installing a vented plug at the south end of a new pipeline, while welding operations had started at the north end. A flash fire erupted from the south end of the pipe and both employees sustained facial burns. They were transported to Robert F. Kennedy Medical Center, from where Employee #1 was transferred to the Torrance (CA) Memorial Hospital Burn Center; Employee #2 was treated and released. Earlier, the south end of the new pipeline and the existing pipeline flanges had been unbolted and the blind opened, allowing a small amount of liquid from the existing line to enter the new line. The ensuing blast was ignited by the welding operations at the north end of the pipe.

Keywords: BURN, INSTALLING, FLAMMABLE LIQUID, FIRE, CONSTRUCTION, WELDING, EXPLOSION, PIPELINE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$500,000 to $1,000,000	2	50

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	120041744			Hospitalized injury	Other	Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fireproofing Fatality Cause: Fire/explosion
2	120041744			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Supervisors; plumbers, pipefitters & steamfitters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fireproofing Fatality Cause: Fire/explosion

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