# EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
> MSHA accident `220030900119` · 03/12/2003 · Independence Coal Company Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
- **Accident type:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Occupation:** —
- **Activity:** —
- **Injury source:** STEAM
- **Nature of injury:** —
- **Body part:** —
- **Days lost:** 12
- **Mine experience:** — years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Massey Energy Company
- **Operator:** Independence Coal Company Inc
- **Mine:** [4603755](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4603755)
## Narrative

EE LEFT B PLANT TO ASSIST CO-WORKER WITH A PUMP THAT WAS ""ON AIR"" AND HOT. THE PUMP HAD BEEN TURNED OFF AND EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL THE SUCTION LINE FROM THE SEDIMENT WHEN IT WAS BLOWN APART FROM THE PUMPHOUSE CAUSING TWO-DEGREE BURNS TO BOTH ARMS BELOW THE ELBOWS.COLD WATER WAS APPLIED TO THE AFFECTED AREAS AND WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.

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