# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220071650007` · 06/11/2007 · Essroc Cement Corp
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Occupation:** Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
- **Activity:** Walking, Running
- **Injury source:** MOLTEN METAL
- **Nature of injury:** BURN OR SCALD (HEAT)
- **Body part:** NECK
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.08 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Italcementi Spa
- **Operator:** Essroc Cement Corp
- **Mine:** [1200065](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1200065)
## Narrative

Contractor was welding on the #1 Kiln Shell.  Employee was performing his normal duties, causing him to walk on the catwalk beside the kiln.  A small piece of hot slag, approximately the size of a pellet, rolled around the kiln shell, was deflected off the pier and landed on the back of his neck.  This caused 2nd degree burns to the back of his neck.

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