# EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
> MSHA accident `220023190025` · 10/11/2002 · Bonita Grande Sand Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
- **Accident type:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Occupation:** Backhoe operator, Trackhoe operator, Crane operator
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** WATER
- **Nature of injury:** BURN OR SCALD (HEAT)
- **Body part:** MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- **Days lost:** 6
- **Mine experience:** 0.25 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Samuel  Hubschman
- **Operator:** Bonita Grande Sand Company
- **Mine:** [0801198](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0801198)
## Narrative

THE MOTOR ON DRAGLINE DL4 RAN HOT. THE OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO RELIEVE PRESSURE BY LOOSENING THE CAP ONE NOTCH, BUT THE CAP BLEW OFF, CAUSING 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO HIS RIGHT ARM, CHEST AND FACE.

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