# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220090200127` · 12/16/2008 · Bluff Spur Coal Corporation
## 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:** MOLTEN METAL
- **Nature of injury:** BURN OR SCALD (HEAT)
- **Body part:** EAR(S) EXTERNAL
- **Days lost:** 8
- **Mine experience:** 6 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Cumberland Resources Corporation
- **Operator:** Bluff Spur Coal Corporation
- **Mine:** [4405559](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4405559)
## Narrative

The employee was using a set of torches to remove wear strips from a continuous mining machine. He was positioned under the machine and a piece of slag fell in his ear. On January 5, 2009 a physician determined that medical treatment was necessary to treat infection of the ear.

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