# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220212570005` · 09/02/2021 · Black Hills Bentonite
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Occupation:** Belt foreman, Maintenance foreman, Maintenance supervisor
- **Activity:** Welding or cutting
- **Injury source:** FLAME,FIRE,SMOKE,NEC
- **Nature of injury:** BURN OR SCALD (HEAT)
- **Body part:** HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
- **Days lost:** 41
- **Mine experience:** — years
## Operator
- **Controller:** BHB Limited Partnership; A&M Products
- **Operator:** Black Hills Bentonite
- **Mine:** [4800617](https://api.morvs.ai/mine/4800617)
## Narrative

Employee was using a cutting torch when the torch started to back burn into the barrel. The employee removed the acetylene hose and attempted to clear the torch barrel with oxygen. The mixture inside the barrel was still lit and shot a fireball down the inside of the left glove. This gave the employee 2nd degree and 1st degree burns on the inside of their left palm. 

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