# EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
> MSHA accident `220190920009` · 03/26/2019 · Teck Washington Incorporated
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
- **Classification:** EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
- **Accident type:** Struck by flying object
- **Occupation:** Miner, NEC
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
- **Days lost:** 4
- **Mine experience:** 2 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Teck Resources Limited
- **Operator:** Teck Washington Incorporated
- **Mine:** [4500366](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4500366)
## Narrative

Employee was working on a plugged discharge line that was plugged between a check valve and 4 to 2 inch reducer when they took the vic apart it struck them in the hand cutting their hand open between the pinky and ring finger.

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