Inspection Detail

Inspection: 1717127.015 - Bird In Hand Motor Inn Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Harrisburg Area Office

Investigation Summary

At 2:36 a.m. on December 18, 2023, an employee working as an accountant for a commercial bakery was preforming duties as a night auditor. The employee was finalizing work prior to the annual worksite shutdown. The State Fire Investigator reports that a propane leak, somewhere in the transmission pipes, caused a buildup of propane in the basement. The buildup was ignited by an unknown source. The employee died from multiple traumatic injuries, smoke inhalation, and thermal burns.

Keywords: Bakery, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Breathing, Building, Burn, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Exploded, Explosion, Fire, Flammable Vapors, Gas, Gas Leak, High Temperature, Ignite, Ignition, Leak, Lung, Pipeline, Propane, Smoke, Smoke Inhalation