Safety Alert
Flash Fire at Degasser Line Flare Pit Injures Worker
Flash Fire at Degasser Line Flare Pit Injures Worker
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 05-34
- Hot Work and Fire
- FireHand and finger injuriesWell control
- Drilling
- Process pipework and pipelines
- Upstream oil and gas
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Summary
A worker suffered serious second-degree burns to his hands and face while attempting to relight a pail at a degasser-line flare pit. After pumping stopped and the well was shut in, his cigarette lighter sparked a flash fire involving methane venting from the line.
Classifications: Fire; fire safety.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Well control; kick control; loss of well control.
Classifications: Drilling; well drilling.
Classifications: Process pipework and pipelines; process piping.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
IADC Alert 05-34. Themes: hot work and fire.