Accident Report Detail
Accident: 170340491 - Employee Burned In Flash Fire
Accident: 170340491 -- Report ID: 0317900 -- Event Date: 12/01/1992 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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102931045 | 12/01/1992 | 3272 | Atlantic Precast Concrete, Inc. | ||||
Employee #1 entered a concrete mold (confined space) to light a liquid petroleum gas, direct- fired heater after it had gone out. He smelled gas and waited 5 to 10 minutes before relighting. Once relighted, the heater created a flash fire that severely burned Employee #1. Deficiencies included a lack of proper confined space entry and hot work procedures such as no permit; poor ventilation; location of a 100 lb capacity LP-gas cylinder within 1 to 2 ft of the heater; inadequate LP-gas hose assembly; non-qualified LP-gas cylinder; inadequate employee training; failure of the heater safety device (a thermoelectric valve) to prevent gas flow when the flame was extinguished. | |||||||
Keywords:
burn, ventilation, confined space, cylinder, heater, work rules, fire, equipment failure, lp gas, untrained
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 102931045 | Hospitalized injury | Burn/Scald(Heat) | Occupation not reported |