# EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
> MSHA accident `220110450035` · 02/10/2011 · Litwar Processing Company, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
- **Accident type:** Struck by flying object
- **Occupation:** Security guard, Watchman
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** PULVERIZED MINERAL (DUST)
- **Nature of injury:** DUST IN EYES
- **Body part:** EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
- **Days lost:** 1
- **Mine experience:** 4 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
- **Operator:** Litwar Processing Company, LLC
- **Mine:** [4605872](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4605872)
## Narrative

Employee was assisting the unloading of equipment from a trailer. The equipment would not start. An air hose was used to inject air into a fuel line. The air pressure blew a hole in the line forcing an unknown object into the corner of the employee's left eye.

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