Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170572408 - Employee's face singed when gas vapors ignite

Accident Summary Nr: 170572408 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 12/14/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301775433	01/07/1998	5812	0	Kentucky Fried Chicken

Abstract: Employee #1 disconnected the gas line to clean behind the cooker. This caused the pilot light to go out and gas vapors to accumulate. Employee #1 replaced the gas line, but lit the pilot light without turning off the cooker. The gas vapor ignited, singing his hair and eyebrows. Employee #1 was neither trained nor authorized to disconnect the gas line or to light the cooker.

Keywords: PILOT LIGHT, VAPOR, FLAMMABLE VAPORS, WORK RULES, CLEANING, COOKER, NATURAL GAS, GAS, UNTRAINED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	301775433			Non Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Cooks, except short order

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