# IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
> MSHA accident `220190710020` · 03/11/2019 · Thermocal Minerals of Idaho LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
- **Accident type:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Occupation:** Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
- **Activity:** Mill equipment
- **Injury source:** FLAME,FIRE,SMOKE,NEC
- **Nature of injury:** BURN OR SCALD (HEAT)
- **Body part:** MULTIPLE PARTS (MORE THAN ONE MAJOR)
- **Days lost:** 326
- **Mine experience:** 0.33 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Paul  Van Beek; Ron  Van Beek
- **Operator:** Thermocal Minerals of Idaho LLC
- **Mine:** [1001328](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1001328)
## Narrative

An employee was lighting a propane weed burner to heat the under side of a hammer mill.  EE must have let the propane run too long before trying to light it.  It apparently accumulated gas under the hammer mill flashing when EE lit it.  It burned EE's face and hand.

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