# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at SPN Well Services
> OSHA SIR `2021032008` · 3/7/2021 · MIDDLEBOURNE, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Vehicle or machinery fire
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** SPN Well Services
- **Location:** Antero Pyle Pad, MIDDLEBOURNE, WEST VIRGINIA, 26149
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

SPN Well Services employees were inspecting gas production unit chokes for sand washing. They had inspected three units and were bleeding off pressure on a fourth when a flash fire engulfed it in flames. One of the employees suffered first-, second-, and third-degree burns.

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