# HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
> MSHA accident `220041690016` · 05/24/2004 · Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between NEC
- **Occupation:** Prep plant foreman, Supervisor, Mill plant supervisor, Kiln supervisor
- **Activity:** Hand tools (not powered)
- **Injury source:** HAND TOOLS,NONPOWERED,NEC
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 11
- **Mine experience:** 1.08 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
- **Operator:** Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC
- **Mine:** [4405270](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4405270)
## Narrative

Employee was using a rod to clean the raw coal feeder which had stopped up. When the coal broke free it pushed the rod into a piece of metal and caught his hand, causing a fracture to his thumb on the right hand.

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