# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220020810025` · 03/08/2002 · United States Steel Corp-Minnesota Ore Operations
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Occupation:** Miner, NEC
- **Activity:** Welding or cutting
- **Injury source:** FLAME,FIRE,SMOKE,NEC
- **Nature of injury:** BURN OR SCALD (HEAT)
- **Body part:** HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 1 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** USX Corp (United States Steel Corp)
- **Operator:** United States Steel Corp-Minnesota Ore Operations
- **Mine:** [2100820](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2100820)
## Narrative

INJURED WAS USING OXY/ACETYLENE TORCH TO CUT STEEL. FLAME WENT OUT AND WHILE HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO RETRIEVE HIS STRIKER TO RE-LIGHT TORCH, THE TORCH CONTINUED TO FLOW GASES, WHICH ACCUMULATED I N HIS GLOVE, AND WHEN HE RE-LIT THE TORCH THEY CAUGHT FIRE, BURNING HIS HAND.

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