# HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
> MSHA accident `220002210008` · 07/26/2000 · United States Gypsum Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
- **Accident type:** Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects
- **Occupation:** Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
- **Activity:** Hand tools (not powered)
- **Injury source:** AXE,HAMMER,SLEDGE
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** ELBOW
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 14.53 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** USG Corporation
- **Operator:** United States Gypsum Company
- **Mine:** [3400266](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3400266)
## Narrative

ON 5/25/00, EMPLOYEE REPORTS HE BUMPED HIS ELBOW ON A SCRAPER SEAT. NO TREATMENT WAS RENDERED. THEN ON 7/26/00, HE REPORTS AGGRAVATING SAME ELBOW INJURY WHEN USING A SLEDGEHAMMER & ASKED TO SEE A DOCTOR. HE WAS TAKEN TO CLINIC ON 7/28; X-RAYS TAKEN WERE NEGATIVE. ANTI-INFLAMMATORY WAS PRESCRIBED AND THE EMPLOYEE WAS RELEASED TO RETURN TO WORK.

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