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Accident: 998526 - Five Employees Burned In Gas Line Fire
Accident: 998526 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 06/27/1988 | |||||||
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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| 107810681 | 06/28/1988 | 1623 | Northern Pipeline Co. | ||||
| At approximately 12:30 p.m. on June 27, 1988, Employees #1 through #5 were working in the bell hole with an 8 in. main natural gas line. One employee was cutting the end cap from a line, which was closed with a stopple valve 24 in. away. After the first cut was made and the torch had been shut off, the employee was going to make an outside bevel cut to connect a reducer and weld a 6 in. distribution gas line. But the stopple valve let go and a 50 ft high fire shot 12 ft out of the pipe. Employees #1 and #5, who were all working nearby, were hospitalized with burns. | |||||||
Keywords:
burn, fire, natural gas, equipment failure, torch, pipeline, valve, cutting and burning
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| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
| 1 | 107810681 | Hospitalized injury | Burn/Scald(Heat) | Supervisors, n.e.c. | |||
| 2 | 107810681 | Hospitalized injury | Burn/Scald(Heat) | Plumber, pipefitter and steamfiter apprentices | |||
| 3 | 107810681 | Hospitalized injury | Burn/Scald(Heat) | Construction laborers | |||
| 4 | 107810681 | Hospitalized injury | Burn/Scald(Heat) | Excavating and loading machine operators | |||
| 5 | 107810681 | Hospitalized injury | Burn/Scald(Heat) | Construction laborers | |||