# HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
> MSHA accident `220000530154` · 02/14/2000 · Freedom Energy Mining Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Scoop car/Scooptram operator, Load/Haul/Dump (LHD) operator, Teletram operator
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** STEEL RAIL (ALL KINDS)
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 131
- **Mine experience:** 1.21 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Massey Energy Company
- **Operator:** Freedom Energy Mining Company
- **Mine:** [1507082](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1507082)
## Narrative

EE AND 2 CO-WORKERS WERE RAISING THE SLOPE TRACK IN ORDER TO MAKE IT HIGHER THAN THE WATER LEVEL. A 10 TON MECHANICAL JACK WAS BEING USED TO RAISE TRACK. EE HAD PLACED ON HALF HEADER UNDER TRA CK AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PLACING ANOTHER HALF HEADER WHEN THE JACK KICKED OUT CAUSING THE TRACK TO FALL. EE'S RIGHT THUMB WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TRACK & HEADER. SUSTAINED AVULSION TO THUMB.

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