Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201125481 - Employee Is Burned When Butane Gas Tank Explodes

Accident Summary Nr: 201125481 -- Report ID: 0950613 -- Event Date: 05/14/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300842671	05/14/2005	5812	722110	A Tavola Restaurant And Bar

Abstract: At approximately 7:43 p.m. on May 14, 2005, Employee #1 and two coworkers were cooking fajitas on a portable stove in a park for a charity event when the butane gas container that supplied the fuel to the portable stove exploded. All three employees were burned but none required hospitalization. Further investigation of the portable stove revealed there was nothing wrong with any of the attachments or the appliance itself.

Keywords: BURN, FOOD PREPARATION, BUTANE, FIRE, EXPLOSION, COMBUSTIBLE LIQUID

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300842671			Non Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Cooks, except short order

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