Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 566075 - Employee burned by flammable vapors

Accident Summary Nr: 566075 -- Report ID: 0636900 -- Event Date: 01/11/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
110367810	01/11/1993	1611	0	Brown & Root U.S.A., Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was operating a lime mixer on a prepared road bed when the mixer blades contacted and ruptured an 8 in. gas utility line 8 in. below the road surface. Vapors from the gas line were ignited by heat from the mixer exhaust. Employee #1 suffered second-degree burns over 15 percent of his body while attempting to evacuate the mixer. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: BURN, MIXER BLADE, FLAMMABLE VAPORS, FIRE, MIXER, CONSTRUCTION, GAS, RUPTURE, PIPE, ROAD PAVING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	110367810			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported

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