# HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
> MSHA accident `220031040088` · 04/03/2003 · Empire Iron Mining Partnership
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Mine manager, Mine foreman, Mine owner
- **Activity:** Hand tools (not powered)
- **Injury source:** AXE,HAMMER,SLEDGE
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 6.4 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Cliffs Natural Resources Inc; ArcelorMittal
- **Operator:** Empire Iron Mining Partnership
- **Mine:** [2001012](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2001012)
## Narrative

WHILE REMOVING A LINER BOLT, EE WAS HAMMERING WHEN HE MISSED THE PUNCH STRIKING HIMSELF ON THE RIGHT HAND, ABOVE HIS THUMB WITH THE HAMMER. MEDICAL TREATMENT SHOWED A HAIR LINE FRACTURE AND TH E HAND WAS CASTED.

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