Incident date: 2019-09-05
NAICS industry code: 237120

While an employee was preparing a coupler for installation on a pipeline, residual natural gas flared and caught fire. The employee was hospitalized with burns to the face and arms.

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