Incident date: 2015-04-11
NAICS industry code: 237120

On or about 11 April 2015, at approximately 0830 hours, a Brazos Rock Energy employee received burns on his wrist and face when flammable gasses that accumulated during a pipeline hot tap ignited. The employee was helping a welder weld the pipe sections together when two pin-sized holes on a section of pipe 10 feet from the operation leaked flammable gasses into the pipe and surrounding area. The gasses accumulated to a level sufficient enough to cause a flash fire, which burned the employee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate