# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220042080084` · 07/13/2004 · Imerys Talc Incorporated
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Flash burns (welding)
- **Occupation:** Miner, Prospector, NEC
- **Activity:** Welding or cutting
- **Injury source:** MACHINE,NEC-WELDR,OFC MAC
- **Nature of injury:** ELECT.ARC BURN-NOT CONTAC
- **Body part:** EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.58 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Rio Tinto Group
- **Operator:** Imerys Talc Incorporated
- **Mine:** [2400162](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2400162)
## Narrative

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING, HELMUT SHIFTED CAUSING A FLASH BURN TO HIS RIGHT EYE. (PRESCRIPTION WAS GIVEN AND FILLED.)

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