Fire unspecified · Thermal burns third degree or higher
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Phillips 66, 1600 TX 158, GOLDSMITH, TEXAS 79741
on — Thermal burns third degree or higher, affecting the Multiple body parts n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was responding to a gas leak on a second-stage piping that contained natural gas. After identifying the leak, he began to walk toward his truck when the pipe ruptured, causing a fire. The employee sustained second- and third-degree burns to his ears, neck, back, and arms.
Hospitalized Multiple body parts n.e.c. Methane except sewer gas
An employee opened a valve to see if a drum was free of hot residual oil. The oil was plugged behind the open valve, but the plug dissolved. Hot oil (300-400 degrees F) splashed out of the drum's receiving receptacle and onto the employee's right thigh and right arm, as well as the right sides of the employee's abdomen and face.
An employee was clearing the pump to get the turbine ready for maintenance. While flushing the heavy coker gas oil (HCGO) pump, some HCGO got reintroduced into the pipe. When the hot oil (700 degrees) touched the water in the sewer drain, it flashed back and burned the employee. The employee suffered second degree burns to the abdomen and third degree burns to both hands and knees.
An employee was ascending a steel fixed ladder. The employee fell approximately 7 to 9 feet to the ground below. The total elevation change was 9 1/2 feet high. The employee suffered a head laceration and broken bones and was hospitalized.
An employee was working on a burner unit and turning the controls for a fan motor on an incinerator unit when incendiary test material ignited, causing second-degree burns to his head, back, and left arm requiring hospitalization.
An employee was soldering a freon line when the soldering torch touched an open refrigeration line, causing the refrigerant to ignite. The employee suffered second-degree burns to their arms and hands.
An employee was evaluating evidence for a disposal plan when bulk explosive powder with two large steel pipe bomb fragments ignited. The employee sustained second-degree burns to their face, arms, and hands.
An employee was walking by an equipment battery (tank battery) when a leak occurred around a heater that caused a flash fire. He was wearing flame-resistant clothing and sustained burns to his palms and back.
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