Incident date: 2025-01-30
NAICS industry code: 238990

Employees were connecting pigging stations into an existing line. They were also repairing pipe and laying new pipe. A welder and an assistant were going to flash the pipe with oxygen and acetylene to burn the gases inside the pipe. A flash fire occurred and one of the employees suffered burns on his face, back, and leg and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Flash fire
code_source: title: Methane  except sewer gas
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  degree unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
severity: moderate