# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at American Well Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024076038` · 7/5/2024 · FAIRVIEW, MONTANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Flammable gas  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Wrenches, ratchets
## Employer
- **Name:** American Well Service, Inc.
- **Location:** 48 deg 000280 neg 104.153720 Storvik LW18-7-61H, FAIRVIEW, MONTANA, 59221
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an electric torque wrench on the well when it sparked and ignited pressurized gas that was leaking from the well. This caused an explosion/flash fire that burned a nearby supervising employee's hands, arms, and face.

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