OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #775338
J.W. GIBSON WELL SERVICE COMPANY
PIEDMONT, OK·
Event description
Employee burned when natural gas ignites
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was a floorman on service crew that moved a Franks service rig, mode static electricity, and smoking. l 1287-160 DTD-HT, serial #80081-6, to a producing oil well to locate and repair a hole in the tubing. When the sucker rods and tubing were pulled out of the we ll, natural gas escaped from the well and crude oil was intermittently blown out . No action was taken to stop the flow of gas or to clean up the oil. Just after the crew began running the tubing back in the well, the escaping natural gas ig nited. The burning gas then ignited the crude oil on the ground. The crew was wo rking in and under the mast, and Employee #1 was burned on the hand and mouth. H e was hospitalized. Possible sources of ignition include metal-to-metal contact,
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 29 Male
- Nature of injury
- Burn/Scald(Heat) (5)
- Part of body
- BODYSYSTEM (4)
- Accident type
- OTHER (14)
- Source of injury
- PETROLEUM PRODUCTS (35)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- OTHER (14)
- Environmental factor
- GAS/VAPOR/MIST/FUME/SMOKE/DUST (7)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
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