# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220071550029` · 05/31/2007 · Cemex
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Occupation:** Backhoe operator, Trackhoe operator
- **Activity:** Welding or cutting
- **Injury source:** FLAME,FIRE,SMOKE,NEC
- **Nature of injury:** BURN OR SCALD (HEAT)
- **Body part:** LOWER LEG/TIBIA/FIBULA
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 6.96 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Cemex S A
- **Operator:** Cemex
- **Mine:** [0404056](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0404056)
## Narrative

Employee was cutting bolts from a liner with an oxyacetylene torch when his pant leg caught fire. He sustained second degree burns to his shin in an area approximately 2 by 5 inches. He was wearing polyester coveralls which contributed to the severity of the burn.

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