Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 98631.015 - Employee is burned when propane tank explodes

Accident Summary Nr: 98631.015 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 04/06/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1224318.015	04/06/2017		321920	Ramirez Pallets, Inc.

Abstract: At 8:30 a.m. on April 4, 2017, an employee was at a propane filling station. He was refueling the propane tank of the forklift he had been driving. The employee completed re-filling his eight gallon propane tank and when beginning to drive away from filling station, he heard a hissing noise and stopped while leaving forklift running in idle. The employee got off his forklift and noticed propane was spewing out of one of the 4-100 gallon cylinders hoses that is used to re-fill propane tanks. A kiln located next to the propane tanks then ignited the gas and the employee was burned. Manuel Rivera Perez (Injured Employee) sustained 2nd and 3rd degree burns to 65% of his body, including head, neck, face, ears, back chest, arms and hands. Injured employee was medically treated and transported by ambulance to hospital where he was hospitalized. Fire

Keywords: Burn, Explosion, LP Gas

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1224318.015	63	M	Hospitalized injury		Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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