# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220023010003` · 10/16/2002 · Elam Sand and Gravel
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Occupation:** Mine manager, Mine foreman, Mine owner
- **Activity:** Welding or cutting
- **Injury source:** MOLTEN METAL
- **Nature of injury:** BURN OR SCALD (HEAT)
- **Body part:** EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
- **Days lost:** 60
- **Mine experience:** 3 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Harold  Elam
- **Operator:** Elam Sand and Gravel
- **Mine:** [0504645](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0504645)
## Narrative

CUTTING THE TORCH-RING OUT OF MANTLE OF THE CONE TYPE CRUSHER, A PIECE OF SLAG RICOCHETTED FROM THE CUTTING AREA INTO THE FACE SHIELD HITTING THE RIGHT EYE.

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