Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201114469 - Employee injured when unloading a propane truck

Accident Summary Nr: 201114469 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 06/01/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126032093	06/12/2002	1389	213112	Eott Energy Corp.

Abstract: At 6:08 a.m. on June 1, 2002, Employee #1, a heavy truck driver, was unloading a propane truck at the Eott Energy Corporation NCL Fractionator Loading Rack in Tupman, California. Employee #1 had hooked up the front vapor and liquid hose and the static line when he noticed vapor coming out of the back line. He walked to the back hose valve. When he operated the valve handle, propane came out of the hose and went up his pant leg. Employee #1 sustained propane burns to his groin and chest. Emergency personnel were called, and Employee #1 was airlifted to the Kern Medical Center in Bakersfield and then on to the Grossman Burn Center for treatment.

Keywords: BURN, CHEST, ABDOMEN, CHEMICAL BURN, PROPANE, PROPANE TRUCK

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126032093			Hospitalized injury	Burn(Chemical)	Truck drivers, heavy

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