# Burns and corrosions, unspecified at Pioneer Energy Services
> OSHA SIR `20171111050` · 11/17/2017 · GARDEN CITY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Handtools-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Pioneer Energy Services
- **Location:** Phluger 25 wd oil field Lease, GARDEN CITY, TEXAS, 79739
- **NAICS:** 211111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a tool to install a thread protector on a tubular when the tool's lithium battery exploded in the non-mag tubular, sending up debris and chemicals that struck employees on the rig floor. An employee was hospitalized with face and wrist burns.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*