Employee investigating why propane vaporizer wouldn't stay lit. Found low gas pressure to vaporizer main burner, turned off inlet gas valve and outlet gas valve to vaporizer. Then to check for blockage in the piping EE loosened plug at strainer to purge gas from vaporizer gas ignites this flash fire caused minor burns to employee. Source of ignition static spark.
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Showing all 7Was opening the fines trailer to empty by turning a hand crank that pulls a chain to open door. Chain became tight and employee pushed harder on the crank and felt EE's back tighten up.
Acute low Back Pain. Discomfort in lower back during routine maintenance.
Removing old steel trusses from kiln shed. Truss was falling and employee tried to grab the truss resulting in his hand between the truss and kiln. Kiln was not running at the time. The hand was not pinned in just hit briefly but with some force.
Employee performing normal task, stepped down from frontend loader and heard right knee pop. Could not put weight on leg at that point. Torn Ligament.
Employee was attempting to move a 12" pipe and strained an abdominal muscle
DRIVER WAS OPENING TRAILER DOORS, HINGES WERE BROKEN AND WHEN DOOR WAS UNLATCHED, DOOR FELL AND EMPLOYEE CAUGHT DOOR WITH RIGHT ARM.