Incident date: 2022-07-05
NAICS industry code: 213112

Combustible gas had been vented from a combustor so that its pilot assembly could be safely relit. When an employee relit the pilot light, some remaining gas ignited, and the resulting flash fire burned his left hand and right forearm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Oil drilling rigs and machinery
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate