# HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
> MSHA accident `220040160005` · 01/09/2004 · Highland Mining Company LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Maintenance man, Mechanic,  Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
- **Activity:** Hand tools (not powered)
- **Injury source:** AXE,HAMMER,SLEDGE
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 10.48 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Peabody Energy Corporation
- **Operator:** Highland Mining Company LLC
- **Mine:** [1502709](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1502709)
## Narrative

HELPING MAKE REPAIRS TO ROOF BOLTER, ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE PIN FROM BOOM SWING JACK, HE WAS STRIKING THE PIN WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER. THE SLEDGE HAMMER GLANCED OFF THE JACK PIN ALLOWING THE HAND LE TO CATCH HIS LEFT RING FINGER BETWEEN THE HANDLE AND THE MACHINE FRAME. THE INJURY WAS A LACERATION AND POSSIBLE AVULSION.

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