# Thermal burns  first degree at Axis Energy Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024076032` · 7/5/2024 · ELLINGER, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  first degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Flash fire
- **Source:** Flammable gas  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Axis Energy Services, LLC
- **Location:** Zapalac Morris #1H, ELLINGER, TEXAS, 78938
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was completing a well intervention. The system encountered a gas pocket while circulating the well. The gas pocket was pumped from the well bore to the open top tank that was being used to circulate the well. An ignition occurred, resulting in a flash fire that caused first-degree burns to the employee's arms.

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