# HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
> MSHA accident `220031560019` · 05/06/2003 · Canyon Fuel Company LLC
## 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:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 2.32 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Arch Resources Inc
- **Operator:** Canyon Fuel Company LLC
- **Mine:** [4201890](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4201890)
## Narrative

HE WAS HELPING A MECHANIC MAKE A CABLE SPLICE. HE WAS USING A HAMMER AND AN ANVIL WHEN THE HAMMER SLIPPED OFF THE ANVIL AND STRUCK HIS FINGER. HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ASSISTANCE UNTIL 5-16-03, WHEN AN X-RAY WAS TAKEN. THE X-RAY REVEALED A SMALL PIECE OF METAL IN HIS FINGER. THE METAL WAS SURGICALLY REMOVED ON 5-29-03.

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