Incident date: 2024-07-05
NAICS industry code: 213111

An employee was completing a well intervention. The system encountered a gas pocket while circulating the well. The gas pocket was pumped from the well bore to the open top tank that was being used to circulate the well. An ignition occurred, resulting in a flash fire that caused first-degree burns to the employee's arms.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Flash fire
code_source: title: Flammable gas  unspecified
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  first degree
code_body: title: Arm(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate