# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220193380002` · 11/25/2019 · Blue Mountain Minerals
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Occupation:** Plumber, Pipefitter, Millwright
- **Activity:** Welding or cutting
- **Injury source:** MOLTEN METAL
- **Nature of injury:** BURN OR SCALD (HEAT)
- **Body part:** KNEE/PATELLA
- **Days lost:** 1
- **Mine experience:** 9 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Portola Minerals Company
- **Operator:** Blue Mountain Minerals
- **Mine:** [0404716](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0404716)
## Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS KNEELING WHILE WELDING AT THE HEAD PULLEY OF A CONVEYOR BELT, CV-03.  SOME SLAG FELL ON EE'S RIGHT KNEE, BURNING IT.  EE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL INFECTION, 11/27, DIAGNOSIS BY PHYSICIAN OF CELLULITIS.  

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