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“SAIA LTL Freight’s number one priority is the safety of our customers,” Jump said in a prepared statement. SAIA was “fully cooperating” with the investigation into the explosion. Jump said that the accident was an isolated incident and that other businesses and homes in the area were never in any danger. Two other workers suffered minor injuries but declined medical treatment at the scene.
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Three other workers who also were forklift drivers also suffered burns, but were not as seriously injured. One of the workers - a forklift operator - was in critical condition with burns, but is expected to survive, SAIA spokeswoman Jeannie Jump told KMOV-TV in St. When the driver attempted to start the vehicle back up, the propane cloud erupted into a fiery explosion. While one of the workers hooked up a new propane tank to the forklift, a cloud of the highly flammable gas apparently filled the air inside the trailer. According to firefighters, workers at the site were using a forklift inside a docked tractor trailer to move hazardous materials when the vehicle ran out of fuel. The accident occurred Thursday at the SAIA Motor Freight Line trucking facility in North St. The incident is a violent reminder of the potential dangers forklift operators face while working with highly explosive materials. Six people were injured when a propane tank that was being changed on the back of a forklift in an enclosed space suddenly exploded.
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