# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220051180029` · 04/18/2005 · Georgia Industrial Minerals Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Occupation:** Maintenance man, Mechanic,  Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
- **Activity:** Welding or cutting
- **Injury source:** FLAME,FIRE,SMOKE,NEC
- **Nature of injury:** BURN OR SCALD (HEAT)
- **Body part:** MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- **Days lost:** 32
- **Mine experience:** 0.42 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** James  Wells III
- **Operator:** Georgia Industrial Minerals Inc
- **Mine:** [0901088](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0901088)
## Narrative

EE WAS USING AN ACETYLENE TORCH TO REPAIR HANDRAILS ON A MUD CAT DREDGE. A CAN OF ETHER BASED STARTER FLUID WAS CONTACTED BY THE TORCH OR A SPARK RUPTURED AND FLASH BURNED THE EE HANDS, ARMS AND FACE

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