# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220002340048` · 08/08/2000 · Pine Bluff Sand & Gravel Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Flash burns (welding)
- **Occupation:** Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
- **Activity:** Welding or cutting
- **Injury source:** MACHINE,NEC-WELDR,OFC MAC
- **Nature of injury:** ELECT.ARC BURN-NOT CONTAC
- **Body part:** EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
- **Days lost:** 5
- **Mine experience:** 3 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** W Scott  McGeorge
- **Operator:** Pine Bluff Sand & Gravel Company
- **Mine:** [0301723](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0301723)
## Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING A CO-WORKER WELD WHEN HE RECIVED FLASH BURNS TO BOTH EYES.

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*Source: [MSHA Open Government Data](https://arlweb.msha.gov/OpenGovernmentData/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*