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1617 HWY 7, VICTORIA, MN 55331
Standard 182065302
LPG CYLINDER FIRE
ON DECEMBER 20, 1984, AT APPROXIMATELY 8 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PREPARING TO MAKE A PIPE CONNECTION IN A SANITARY SEWER LIFT STATION, MEASURING 5 FEET INSIDE DIAME TER BY APPROXIMATELY 14 FEET DEEP. A CO-WORKER BEGAN LOWERING A LPG CYLINDER, WI TH A LIT BURNER, INTO THE LIFT STATION. THIS WAS TO MELT THE ICE THAT HAD ACCUMU LATED OVERNIGHT. AFTER LOWERING THE LPG CYLINDER ABOUT HALFWAY, THE CYLINDER FEL L FROM THE LOWERING ROPE AND CRASHED TO THE LIFT STATION FLOOR, BREAKING THE BRA SS BURNER FITTING. GAS LEAKED FROM THE BROKEN FITTING AND IGNITED. EMPLOYEE #1 R ECIEVED BURNS TO 25% OF HIS BODY, ON HIS FACE AND HEAD, RIGHT ARM, CHEST, THIGHS AND LEGS.
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