# Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries at Devon Energy
> OSHA SIR `2024099102` · 9/30/2024 · ARNEGARD, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion  unspecified
- **Source:** Drilling fluids systems
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Devon Energy
- **Location:** Lat 47.81831974 - 103.41065730, ARNEGARD, NORTH DAKOTA, 58835
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working in the MCC room of the natural gas-fired gas lift compressor when an explosion occurred. It is believed that the variable frequency drive ignited the hydrates in the instrument air compressor/piping causing an explosion. The employee sustained a concussion, four broken ribs, a punctured lung and burns.

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