RATLIFF CITY, OKLAHOMA—
DB Energy LLC
Fire, unspecified · Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at DB Energy LLC, 4446 Pelton rd, RATLIFF CITY, OKLAHOMA 73481 on — Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was hand tightening bolts at the manway of a vertical tank at an oil and gas site. The employee hooked up the plumbing and hatch to the tank. They had begun to install a rubber seal around the hatch when a flash fire occurred. The employee sustained a burn to the face and third degree burns to the left arm requiring hospitalization.
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