MANDAREE, N.D. (AP) An incident at a North Dakota oil well has left one man dead and another one injured.
The men were repairing equipment at the oil well location near Mandaree when fluids somehow ignited, burning both men.
Reports from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration show that Denver-based QEP Resources operates the well. The incident's fatal victim was the owner of Legendary Field Services of Watford City, and the man who was injured is employed by that oil-field service provider.
Eric Brooks with OSHA says the men were removing a tube on the well heater component when the incident happened. This is the first oil-field fatality reported this year.
A representative for the well operator couldn't be reached and a receptionist declined to take a message.