# EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
> MSHA accident `220170680030` · 03/08/2017 · Bowie Refined Coal, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** SURFACE MINING MACHINES
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- **Days lost:** 329
- **Mine experience:** 3.12 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Steve  Rickmeier
- **Operator:** Bowie Refined Coal, LLC
- **Mine:** [1500365](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1500365)
## Narrative

Employee was replacing a pump on the property. Employee unhooked the chain, used to hoist the pump, from the 325 Caterpillar Excavator when a hydraulic hose blew causing the bucket to crash onto the pump and also hitting the employee's head, neck and back area.   

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