# EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
> MSHA accident `220243540009` · 12/17/2024 · Virginia Vermiculite LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
- **Accident type:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Occupation:** Mine manager, Mine foreman, Mine owner
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** LIQUIDS,NEC
- **Nature of injury:** BURN OR SCALD (HEAT)
- **Body part:** UPPER EXTREMITIES, MULTIPLE
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 7.6 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Ned  Gumble
- **Operator:** Virginia Vermiculite LLC
- **Mine:** [4405101](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4405101)
## Narrative

Working on the CAT 349 excavator. They opened the expansion tank on the coolant system, and hot liquid and steam sprayed out. Victim was burned (1st & 2nd degree) on their left hand, wrist, and fingers.

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