HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at Heidelberg Materials US Cement LLC
The employee was using a 12 gauge shotgun to shoot a large clinker ball. The employee was standing outside of the clinker cooler shooting through a port hole. When the gun fired the recoil caused the hammer to puncture the employee's right hand between the thumb and index finger. The employee recieved five stitches.
U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration