# HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
> MSHA accident `220053270036` · 11/12/2005 · Arkins Park Stone
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
- **Accident type:** Over-exertion NEC
- **Occupation:** Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
- **Activity:** Hand tools (not powered)
- **Injury source:** AXE,HAMMER,SLEDGE
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 1.04 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Judy  Sprague
- **Operator:** Arkins Park Stone
- **Mine:** [0502666](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0502666)
## Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS SPLITTING STONE WITH A HAMMER & CHISEL. HE FELT PAIN IN HIS MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS RT. HAND. THINKING THE PAIN WOULD GO AWAY, HE DID NOT IMMEDIATELY REPORT IT. A HARD BALL FORMED UNDERNEATH THE SKIN. PRESCRIBED 800 MG. OF IBUPROFIN. RELEASED TO FULL DUTY BUT REFERRED TO AN ORTHOPEDIC SPECIALIST FOR POSSIBLE SURGERY.

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