Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 700153 - Employee burned to death in propane fire/explosion

Accident Summary Nr: 700153 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 12/26/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103243481	01/05/1995	5984	0	Arrick'S Bottled Gas, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was driving an lp gas delivery (bobtail) truck. The truck went off the road and into a ditch alongside the road, clipping a stump that was sticking out from the bank. The stump struck the gas meter box at the rear of the vehicle and broke loose the threaded pipe connection between the meter box and the main tank. Liquid propane spilled onto the ground and the vapors were ignited, probably by the truck's engine or a hot surface, such as the exhaust manifold. Employee #1, who was only 65 to 75 feet away when the vapor cloud ignited, was burned to death by the resulting fire ball/explosion.

Keywords: BURN, DITCH, FLAMMABLE VAPORS, FIRE, RUPTURE, EXPLOSION, TRUCK, PROPANE, TRUCK DRIVER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	103243481			Fatality	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported

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