Incident date: 2024-10-09
NAICS industry code: 213111

At about 10:10 a.m. on October 9, 2024, two maintenance employees were manually relighting a flare stack pilot. Built-up vapor and gas condensation in the blower ignited, causing a fire. Both employees sustained burns and one of the employees was hospitalized with burns to the face, neck, and hands.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Vehicle or machinery fire
code_source: title: Drilling and extraction machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  degree unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
severity: moderate