# FIRE
> MSHA accident `220141000026` · 04/03/2014 · Valley Rock Products 
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** FIRE
- **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:** FLAME,FIRE,SMOKE,NEC
- **Nature of injury:** BURN OR SCALD (HEAT)
- **Body part:** LOWER LEG/TIBIA/FIBULA
- **Days lost:** 24
- **Mine experience:** 11 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Shamrock Materials Inc
- **Operator:** Valley Rock Products 
- **Mine:** [0404622](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0404622)
## Narrative

Mechanic was welding a patch on a discharge chute.  A piece of hot slag fell on mechanic's coveralls, burned through his jeans, and started a small fire.  The mechanic's right calf was burned.

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