# HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
> MSHA accident `220001290074` · 05/02/2000 · Silver Creek Sand & Gravel Company Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
- **Accident type:** Struck by flying object
- **Occupation:** Mine manager, Mine foreman, Mine owner
- **Activity:** Hand tools (not powered)
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
- **Days lost:** 42
- **Mine experience:** 0.11 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Jerome T  Schneider
- **Operator:** Silver Creek Sand & Gravel Company Inc
- **Mine:** [1202186](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1202186)
## Narrative

WHILE WORKING TO REPAIR TRUCK SCALE, EE WAS USING A HAMMER AND CHISEL TO REMOVE A PART, THE CHISEL FRAGMENTED AND A PIECE OF THE CHISEL WENT IN THE RT. EYE. IS LIKELY TO RESULT IN VISION LOSS.

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