# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220131990010` · 07/01/2013 · O-N Minerals (Michigan) Company
## 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:** ARM,NEC
- **Days lost:** 5
- **Mine experience:** 11 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Carmeuse Holding SA
- **Operator:** O-N Minerals (Michigan) Company
- **Mine:** [2000061](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2000061)
## Narrative

On 7/1 employee welded a pin keeper on a truck when a piece of slag went down his shirt sleeve and burned his elbow in area about the size of a pencil end. The burn became infected. Notified management on 7/11. Missed work as of 7/9; returned 7/15. Use of short-cuff leather gloves instead of long welding gloves in a overhead position allowed slag to enter the shirt.

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