# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Cactus Wellhead LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023065476` · 6/20/2023 · BIG LAKE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Coal, natural gas, petroleum fuels and products, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Turning handtools-powered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Cactus Wellhead LLC
- **Location:** Rocker B 38H near hwy 163 and 401 not directions, BIG LAKE, TEXAS, 76932
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 6/20/2023, at approximately 12:20 PM, the injured employee was working on a decompletion at a well. A rig crew had set a blow out preventer (BOP) on the wellhead, and the injured employee was torquing the nuts when a spark came out from the side of the torque unit and ignited a flash fire. The employee was engulfed by the fire and sustained first degree burns to their face and second degree burns to both hands.

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