# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at D&B Flowback and Well Testing
> OSHA SIR `2018021394` · 2/9/2018 · SHINER, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Coal, natural gas, petroleum fuels and products, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** D&B Flowback and Well Testing
- **Location:** CR 364, SHINER, TEXAS, 77984
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was emptying a filter pod at the flare stack when a small flame came out of the top of the flare stack, landed in the condensate, and burned him. He suffered second degree burns to the hands, stomach, and calves, requiring hospitalization.

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