Incident date: 2022-02-06
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was troubleshooting a compressor that had shut down. The employee believed that a 1-inch choke nipple was plugged and drained fluids via the dump line to check the choke nipple. The employee then loosened a union and a flash fire occurred, burning the employee's hands and face.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fire, unspecified
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate