Caught a flash fire on a job in Gary, Indiana, now I check gas lines twice

Was on a tank repair at the BP refinery out in Gary, Indiana, back in March. We were purging a vessel and someone skipped the 15-minute gas check before we lit off. Flash fire rolled through the bay, singed my apprentice's sleeve, nobody hurt, but it shook me. That one miss added 3 hours of safety paperwork and a company-wide retraining. Has anyone else had a near-miss that made them redo their whole pre-job routine?

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