Worker burned after safety failures triggered a violent LPG release at a shipping terminal

A ship’s engineer sustained cold burns to 10–13% of his body surface after liquid propane was released without warning in the early hours of 1 November 2018 during loading operations. A flammable gas cloud could have resulted in a catastrophic explosion if ignited. The worker was treated at the hospital and subsequently repatriated to Russia, where he received further treatment. He is understood to have returned to work.

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