Incident date: 2024-05-20
NAICS industry code: 486210

An employee was installing a skillet on a pipeline. They retrieved a battery-operated grease gun and began injecting sealant grease back into the valve to slow/stop the release of natural gas product. On approximately the third  click  of the grease gun, the released product/vapor was ignited creating a flash fire event that lasted for approximately one minute. The employee sustained second- and third-degree burns to the upper body/extremities and head/face.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Flash fire
code_source: title: Methane  except sewer gas
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  third degree or higher
code_body: title: Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
severity: moderate