Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 906156 - Employee burned on arm from liquid petroleum

Accident Summary Nr: 906156 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 07/19/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
116186776	07/19/1995	4925	0	Equity Co-Op Oil Company

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker were filling a Bounder recreational vehicle, NM #4693K, with liquefied petroleum gas. A large line on the top of the propane tank burst, leaking gas, which engulfed the front of the vehicle. This propane was then apparently ignited by the burner on the refrigerator of the vehicle. The vehicle was engulfed in flames and one passenger of the vehicle was killed, the other one was burned, and Employee #1 was hospitalized with moderate burn injuries to his arm.

Keywords: BURN, LEAK, VEHICLE, FLAMMABLE LIQUID, FIRE, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, RUPTURE, LP GAS, PROPANE, ARM

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	116186776			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported

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