# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220031490036` · 04/28/2003 · Gouverneur Talc Company Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Occupation:** Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
- **Activity:** Welding or cutting
- **Injury source:** MOLTEN METAL
- **Nature of injury:** BURN OR SCALD (HEAT)
- **Body part:** FOREARM/ULNAR/RADIUS
- **Days lost:** 2
- **Mine experience:** 0.65 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** R T Vanderbilt Company Inc
- **Operator:** Gouverneur Talc Company Inc
- **Mine:** [3000610](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3000610)
## Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON #2 HARDING DUST LINE, SLAG HIT AND BURNED LEFT FOREARM. FOREARM BECAME INFECTED AND EMPLOYEE WENT TO SEE DOCTOR ON SUNDAY MAY 18TH. REPORTED LOST TIME AS OF MONDAY MAY 19TH.

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