# EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
> MSHA accident `220260080009` · 01/07/2026 · LP Mineral, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
- **Accident type:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Occupation:** Rotary bucket excavator operator
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** COAL & PETROL PRODUCT,NEC
- **Nature of injury:** BURN OR SCALD (HEAT)
- **Body part:** ARM, MULTIPLE PARTS
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 17 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Thomas A  Laurita; James L  Laurita Jr
- **Operator:** LP Mineral, LLC
- **Mine:** [4609050](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4609050)
## Narrative

Operator was having an overheating issue with the equipment. They shut down the machine to investigate. They opened the coolant reservoir which had somehow been pressurized. As a result, the hot coolant burned the left arm of the operator. The extent of damage is limited to their left arm.

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