# FIRE
> MSHA accident `220030900060` · 03/21/2003 · Turris Coal Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** FIRE
- **Accident type:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Occupation:** —
- **Activity:** —
- **Injury source:** —
- **Nature of injury:** —
- **Body part:** —
- **Days lost:** 22
- **Mine experience:** — years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated
- **Operator:** Turris Coal Company
- **Mine:** [1102664](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1102664)
## Narrative

WHILE CUTTING WITH AN OXYGEN/ACETYLENE TORCH, A HOLE IN THE OXYGEN LINE CAUGHT EE'S RT GLOVE ON FIRE, RESULTING IN 2ND & 3RD DEGREE BURNS TO THE PALM OF HIS RT HAND. EE'S GLOVES WERE CLOTH, WE T WITH WATER, & HAD SOME OILY RESIDUE. FURTHER INVESTIGATION FOUND THE OXYGEN CHECK VALVE NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY, MAKING A BACK FEED OF OXYGEN POSSIBLE.

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