Incident date: 2017-11-17
NAICS industry code: 211111

An employee was using a tool to install a thread protector on a tubular when the tool's lithium battery exploded in the non-mag tubular, sending up debris and chemicals that struck employees on the rig floor. An employee was hospitalized with face and wrist burns.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Handtools-powered, unspecified
code_nature: title: Burns and corrosions, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate