# EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
> MSHA accident `220173240008` · 11/14/2017 · Eagle Mine LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
- **Accident type:** Struck by flying object
- **Occupation:** Miner, NEC
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** BOILR,PRES VSL,AIR HOS,OX
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** NOSE/NASAL PASSAGES/SINUS/SMELL
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.46 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Lundin Mining Corporation
- **Operator:** Eagle Mine LLC
- **Mine:** [2003454](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2003454)
## Narrative

The employee just finished attaching the water line to the water header while setting up a Jumbo drill. Prior to turning on the water line the employee looked toward the Jumbo and then opened a valve on an adjacent air header that was connected to an air hose, which resulted in a laceration and fracture to the nose.

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