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Accident Summary Nr: 14451330 - GAS EXPLOSION CAUSED BY LIGHTING CIGARETTE IN PIPELINE

Accident Summary Nr: 14451330 -- Report ID: 0953220 -- Event Date: 05/14/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
14929525	05/15/1984	1623	0	Johnson Brothers Corporation

Abstract: AT 9:30 AM ON MAY, 14, 1984, DURING A TRENCHING OPERATION FOR INSTALLATION OF A FLOOD CONTROL PIPELINE, TWO EMPLOYEES ENTERED A RECENTLY LAID 45 INCH DIAMETER PIPE TO TAKE A CIGARETTE BREAK. UNKNOWN TO THE EMPLOYEES, THERE HAD BEEN A NATURAL GAS LEAK SEVERAL BLOCKS AWAY AND GAS HAD SETTLED INTO THE PIPELINE. LIGHTING OF A CIGARETTE PROVIDED AN IGNITION SOURCE. THE RESULTING EXPLOSION BURNED BOTH MEN ON THE ARMS, HANDS, FACE, NECK AND CHEST. THE BURNS WERE 3RD DEGREE.

Keywords: BURN, CONSTRUCTION, NATURAL GAS, EXPLOSION, PIPELINE, SMOKING, NECK, ARM, FACE, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	14929525			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported
2	14929525			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported

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