Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 828681 - One employee killed, one burned by ruptured propane pipeline

Accident Summary Nr: 828681 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 06/26/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104195268	07/27/1987	1629	0	Brehmer Excavating & Tiling Co.

Abstract: Employee #1, the owner of the company, was operating at a Jaina Farm field. He did not check for the possible existence of underground pipelines before starting work and the machine hit an 8 in., 100 psi propane pipeline. His coworkers, who were 10 ft away laying clay pipe, ran, thinking that Employee #1 was dead. He walked out of the fire, but later died. Employee #2 underwent outpatient treatment for a burned arm.

Keywords: BURN, WORK RULES, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, RUPTURE, PIPELINE, PROPANE, ARM

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104195268			Fatality	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Tile setters, hard and soft
2	104195268			Non Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Tile setters, hard and soft

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