# EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
> MSHA accident `220031470045` · 05/16/2003 · FMC Corp
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Mine manager, Mine foreman, Mine owner
- **Activity:** Hand tools (powered)
- **Injury source:** WATER
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 0.01 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** FMC Corp
- **Operator:** FMC Corp
- **Mine:** [4800152](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4800152)
## Narrative

A SCHEDULE 40 SEAMED STAINLESS STEEL PIPE NIPPLE WAS USED IN PLACE OF A SCHEDULE 80 SEAMLESS 3/16"" STAINLESS NIPPLE. THE SCHEDULE 40 NIPPLE BURST UNDER THE 10K PRESSURE USED IN THE HYDROBLAST SYSTEM. OPERATOR OF THE HIGH PRESSURE TOOL THOUGHT NIPPLE WAS SCHEDULE 80.

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