Fractures and burns

Name: Fractures and burns at Global Pipeline, LLC
Start: 6/18/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019066152 · 6/18/2019 · Global Pipeline, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Upper and lower limb(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures and burns

Cause

Event: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
Source: Natural gas
Secondary source: Trenchers

Employer

Name: Global Pipeline, LLC
Location: new pipeline contstruction, CHICKASHA, OKLAHOMA, 73018
NAICS: 237120
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating a trenching machine when it struck an old, unmarked natural gas pipeline. The machine caught fire before the operator could turn it off; he suffered burns to his right hand as he left the cab, as well as a broken right knee and left wrist as he jumped to the ground. He was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown