# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220072820040` · 07/14/2007 · Dixie Fuel Company, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **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:** LOWER LEG/TIBIA/FIBULA
- **Days lost:** 116
- **Mine experience:** 1.15 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Joseph T  Bennett
- **Operator:** Dixie Fuel Company, LLC
- **Mine:** [1511506](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1511506)
## Narrative

Ee was using a cutting torch when a hot piece of slag rolled into his boot. (He was wearing an open type boot.)  By the time he got it off, his leg was burned badly.

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