Incident date: 2017-04-07
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was at a gas extraction facility cleaning a knock-out vessel. As the employee was pumping down the knock-out vessel, a fire ball from the flare backed up through the 4-inch line that was connected to the knock-out vessel and burned the employee's left hand, torso, and back.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Vehicle or machinery fire
code_source: title: Oil drilling rigs and machinery
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate