Inspection Detail

Inspection: 1358072.015 - Amb Ranch Management, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Bakersfield District Office

Investigation Summary

At 2:10 p.m. on September 23, 2018, three employees were pruning trees in an orchard. The employees were taking their afternoon break in a shade trailer that had been set up next to the orchard. The employees were gathered around a portable stove to prepare tortillas. A gas line belonging to the California Resources Corporation (CRC) was buried underneath the trailer approximately 4.5 feet deep. There was a partial separation at the welded section of the fuel line and the resulting leak had risen up through the ground and surrounding the shade trailer. Employee #1 turned on a portable gas stove igniting the fumes and burning all three employees. Employee #1 and #2 suffered from second degree facial burns and third degree arm burns and were admitted to the hospital for several days to treat the burns. Employee #3 received minor burns and was treated and released the same day from the Hospital.

Keywords: Arm, Burn, Face, Fire, Gas Leak, Rupture, Tree Pruner