Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201613353 - Employee Strikes and Ruptures Gas Line and Is Burned

Accident Summary Nr: 201613353 -- Report ID: 1054113 -- Event Date: 04/12/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310642228	04/16/2007	1611	237310	West Coast Road Recycling Llc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310642236	04/16/2007	1611	237310	Kerr Contractors Inc

Abstract: Employee #1, the operator of a piece of equipment that retills the soil, struck a 6-in. natural gas line. There was ignition and Employee #1 received burns to his face and hands escaping the fire. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: BURN, FIRE, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, NATURAL GAS, FACE, HAND

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310642228			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Paving, surfacing and tamping equipment operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Site grading and rock removal Fatality Cause: Fire/explosion
2	310642236					Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

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