# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220031680078` · 05/20/2003 · Hilltop Aggregate Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Occupation:** Welder (shop)
- **Activity:** Welding or cutting
- **Injury source:** MOLTEN METAL
- **Nature of injury:** BURN OR SCALD (HEAT)
- **Body part:** THIGH/FEMUR
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 18 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Robert W  West
- **Operator:** Hilltop Aggregate Inc
- **Mine:** [3301514](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3301514)
## Narrative

EE WAS HOLDING A SQUARE ON REBAR STRUCTURE TO BE WELDED. WITNESS STRUCK AN ARC WHEN THE MIG WIRE DEFLECTED OFF STRUCTURE INTO THIGH. HOT WIRE CAUSED BURN. EE APPLIED FIRST AID & RETURNED TO WO RK. SEVERAL DAYS LATER, THIGH BECAME RED & IRRITATED, SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION. DR. PRESCRIBED ANTIBIOTICS.

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