Incident date: 2023-10-03
NAICS industry code: 213112

At a remote location, the injured employee was running a pig through the pipeline when the pig became stuck. As the employee was venting gas to the atmosphere to free the pig, a spark ignited the gas vapors, causing the employee to sustain second-degree burns to their face and left elbow.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Coal, natural gas, petroleum fuels and products, unspecified
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate