Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201106739 - Employee Is Burned When Natural Gas Ignites

Accident Summary Nr: 201106739 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 07/13/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300819679	09/09/2005	1711	238220	Lyon Brothers Plumbing

Abstract: On July 13, 2005, Employee #1 was working full-time for his employer as a plumbing contractor. He was venting natural gas from an industrial water heater, when the gas ignited, burning both his hands and arms. He was hospitalized. The injury line says that the burns were to his abdomen.

Keywords: BURN, ABDOMEN, NATURAL GAS, ARM, WATER HEATER, HAND

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300819679			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported

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