# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at NexTier Completion Solutions
> OSHA SIR `2025010937` · 1/29/2025 · STANLEY, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Vehicle or machinery fire
- **Source:** Drilling and extraction machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Transmissions, gears
## Employer
- **Name:** NexTier Completion Solutions
- **Location:** Van Berkom Location Well 4B Stage 37, STANLEY, NORTH DAKOTA, 58784
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in the cab of the blender, preparing for well injection at a fracking site. The driveline disengaged from the transmission and started striking the cage that encloses the driveline. This created sparks and ignited a fire. The employee sustained burns around their eyes and cheeks and burns to both hands.

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