# EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
> MSHA accident `220010450006` · 02/08/2001 · Mettiki Coal LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
- **Accident type:** Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
- **Occupation:** Longwall operator, Chock operator, Shear operator, Plow operator
- **Activity:** Longwall, Shear, Plow
- **Injury source:** COAL & PETROL PRODUCT,NEC
- **Nature of injury:** BURN,CHEMICL-FUME,COMPOUN
- **Body part:** EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 6.71 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Alliance Resource Partners LP
- **Operator:** Mettiki Coal LLC
- **Mine:** [1800621](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1800621)
## Narrative

PERSON WAS OPERATING SHEAR ON LONGWALL FACE, ANOTHER MAN WAS PULLING SUPPORTS UP OVER SHEAR. PERSON WAS LOOKING BACK AT TAILGATE DRUM WHEN A HOSE FOR BASE LIFT ON SUPPORT BLEW. PERSON WAS STRU CK ON THE LEFT SIDE OF FACE EMUSION BLUID, SOME OF FLUID GOT PAST HIS GLASSES AND INTO LEFT EYE.

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