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Order Number	00096033
Title	Worker injured when manhole blows
Photographer	Mullen, Mike.
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE_b008_f1_i19
Date	1988
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 31 cm. on sheet 29 x 36 cm.
Description	Photograph caption dated December 29, 1988 reads, "An unidentified Southern California Gas Co. worker, above, is comforted by a friend after a manhole cover, right, that had been blown into the air by a natural gas explosion grazed the back of his head on its way down, just missing a direct hit. Workers at Eighth and Stanford streets were fixing a gas pipe when the explosion occurred. The man was treated at County-USC Medical Center for a head bump."; See image #00096032 for photograph that shares this caption.
Subject	Southern California Gas Company. Southern California Gas Company--Employees. Natural gas pipelines--Accidents--California--Los Angeles. Natural gas--Accidents--California--Los Angeles. Hazardous substances--California--Los Angeles. Natural gas--California--Los Angeles. Streets--California--Los Angeles. Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.). Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs. Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection