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Lime Rock Resources V-A, LP

Flash fire — Thermal burns degree unspecified — WATFORD CITY, NORTH DAKOTA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Lime Rock Resources V-A, LP in WATFORD CITY, NORTH DAKOTA
Employer Lime Rock Resources V-A, LP Report ID 2025054583
Address Jore Yellowstone Tank Battery, 47.760109 - 103.033705 City, State ZIP WATFORD CITY, NORTH DAKOTA 58854
Event Date May 15, 2025 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Thermal burns degree unspecified Body Part Head and extremities
Event Type Flash fire Source of Injury Drilling and extraction machinery unspecified
Secondary Source Source, secondary source unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 211120 Inspection # 1826205
GPS Coordinates 47.80000, -103.26000

Incident Narrative

An employee was inspecting the facility. There was a frozen injection line. The employee was going to put methanol in the line to thaw it out. He isolated the line to pour in the methanol and was bleeding off the gas inside the isolated line. He opened up the needle valve. A flash fire occurred. He reached up to shut the needle valve and sustained burns to his left ear, face, and left hand. The employee was hospitalized.

Incident Summary

On May 15, 2025, a worker at Lime Rock Resources V-A, LP in WATFORD CITY, NORTH DAKOTA suffered thermal burns degree unspecified to the head and extremities. The incident was classified as flash fire, with drilling and extraction machinery unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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