Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 811588 - Employees burned by leaking gas explosion

Accident Summary Nr: 811588 -- Report ID: 0257250 -- Event Date: 04/22/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18692566	04/25/1988	5984	0	Liquilux Gas Corporation

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2 were lowering a cylinder of gas from a truck. They threw the cylinder from the truck to the ground. When the cylinder fell the valve crashed against the pavement and broke open, leaking gas. The leaking gas reached a lit stove and exploded, burning the employees. They were both hospitalized.

Keywords: BURN, LEAK, CYLINDER, FLAMMABLE VAPORS, WORK RULES, EXPLOSION, VALVE, OFF LOADING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18692566			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Truck drivers, light
2	18692566			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Truck drivers, light

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