Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-03-06 | Snyder | Ne | Battle Creek Farmers Cooperative - Madison | Multiple head locations | Contact with cold objects or substances |
An employee was using a posthole digger to clear dirt away from a propane vaporizer when the line disconnected, sending liquid propane into the air. The employee sustained propane burns to the nasal cavity, face, and head. | |||||
2020-06-11 | Texas City | Texas | Entech Engineering Inc. | Forearm(s) | Explosion |
An employee was conducting an emissions test of a nitrogen vaporizer unit inside an instrument test trailer when a pipe explosion occurred outside. Pieces of the steel pipe scattered in all directions, including toward the trailer. As a result, the employee suffered a fractured right radius bone, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2017-04-17 | Boise | Idaho | Valley Wide Cooperative | Upper and lower limb(s) | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
While draining the product from a propane gas vaporizer, the igniter for the pilot light ignited the product causing a flash fire. An employee received second and third degree burns to the legs and arms. | |||||
2015-05-05 | Williston | North Dakota | Secure Energy | Nonclassifiable | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
An employee received flash fire burns while working on a non-functioning vaporizer at the 13-mile, full-service terminal vicinity in Williston, North Dakota. |