# FIRE
> MSHA accident `220010260042` · 01/21/2001 · Hobet Mining Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** FIRE
- **Accident type:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Occupation:** Mine manager, Mine foreman, Mine owner
- **Activity:** Idle
- **Injury source:** FLAME,FIRE,SMOKE,NEC
- **Nature of injury:** BURN OR SCALD (HEAT)
- **Body part:** MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- **Days lost:** 53
- **Mine experience:** 1.5 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Ashland Inc
- **Operator:** Hobet Mining Inc
- **Mine:** [4604670](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4604670)
## Narrative

EE HAD BEEN ASSISTING WITH FUELING DIESEL EQUIPMENT. SOME DIESEL FUEL HAD SPLASHED ON HIS PANTS LEG. UPON COMPLETING THE FUELING, THE EE ATTEMPTED TO LIGHT A CIGARETTE. HE DROPPED HIS ZIPPO LI GHTER, IT SLIPPED DOWN HIS PANTS LEG, IGNITING THE DIESEL SOAKED MATERIAL.

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