Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201073160 - Employee Is Injured in Gas Explosion

Accident Summary Nr: 201073160 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 05/19/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310816780	05/19/2008	1542	236220	Khs&S Contractors

Abstract: On May 19, 2008, an explosion occurred in the fifth floor mechanical room of a 31-story Hilton Hotel under construction. Pipe unions had been left open following the purging of gas lines, allowing natural gas to escape and fuel the explosion. Employee #1, with a carpentry subcontractor, was walking towards his vehicle in the parking garage when he was thrown by the force of the explosion and struck by falling debris. He was hospitalized at Scripps Hospital in San Diego for fractures of his clavicle, fingers, and heel.

Keywords: FRACTURE, FLAMMABLE VAPORS, COLLARBONE, CONSTRUCTION, NATURAL GAS, EXPLOSION, GAS LEAK, PURGING, STRUCK BY, FOOT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	31

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310816780			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fire/explosion

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