Experience
My experience is broad and ranges over many states. On this page I have listed a small percentage of the total number of cases in which I have been involved. The purpose of this listing is to illustrate the diversity of challenges that I have encountered.
Alabama - A propane transport truck off-loading at an industrial plant catches fire.
Arizona - A malfunctioning bake oven in a coatings plant explodes.
Arkansas - A space heater explodes when the occupant is trying to light it. A glass front on the heater shatters and injures the occupant.
California - Propane leaks from a bobtail while the driver is making a delivery resulting in a major fire.
Connecticut - A carbon monoxide death involves a young person sleeping overnight in a vacation home that was "winterized".
Delaware - A propane regulator on an underground tank serving a mobile home park becomes flooded and frozen, resulting in several simultaneous home fires.
Florida - Built-in gas grill on a patio catches fire burning the user.
Georgia - Man is burned while trying to light pilots on a stove. Uncapped line in an adjoining room supplied the gas.
Illinois - 100# propane cylinders stored in a maintenance garage are suspected to be the cause of a fire that destroys the building.
Indiana - A mysterious explosion and fire in a luxury home serviced by the local natural gas utility.
Kentucky - An explosion and fire results in two deaths. Although the house is serviced by propane, fire originated in gunpowder storage area of an indoor shooting range.
Louisiana - Loading hose ruptures and whips out of control while propane transport truck is loading at a terminal.
Maine - A propane regulator fails allowing high pressure gas to vent through the relief valve. Escaping gas is ignited by a nearby vaporizer, and major building damage results.
Maryland - The origin of a restaurant fire is a circuit breaker panel, but propane is suspected of adding to the fire damage.
Massachusetts - A leak in the natural gas pipeline in the street results in major structural damage to a multi-story row house.
Michigan - Three persons are killed when an improperly mounted propane cylinder allows propane liquid to flow into a heater in a recreational vehicle.
Minnesota - Two people badly burned by propane in a bungled case of apparent attempted murder.
Missouri - Leaking propane line under the crawl space of a home results in an explosion and fire.
Nebraska - An irrigation pump station catches fire while the propane fuel tank is being filled.
New Hampshire - Natural gas leak at a strip mall destroys half of the stores.
New Jersey - An explosion in an acetylene generator results in one death.
New York - A commercial establishment in a strip mall explodes and burns during the night. A case of suspected arson.
North Carolina - An explosion in the utility room of a restaurant burns an off duty employee.
Ohio - A propane vaporizer, part of a standby propane-air system at an industrial plant, explodes and burns.
Oklahoma - A safety shutdown valve fails to operate in a propane dealer bulk storage plant, resulting in a fire and a badly burned truck driver.
Pennsylvania - A welder is killed by an acetylene explosion in an underground mine.
Puerto Rico - A utility worker in a manhole is badly burned by leaking gas from a nearby line in the street.
Tennessee - A leak from a gas-fired commercial swimming pool heater destroys the pool building and badly burns the attendant.
Vermont - Carbon monoxide from a gas refrigerator results in the death of a child in a vacation home.
Virginia - A home burns to the ground and propane is present and suspected.
West Virginia - A small cylinder stored in an attached garage is suspected of leaking and causing a fire.
Wisconsin - A suspected case of arson involving newspapers, sewer gas, and Methyl Ethyl Ketone (MEK).