# HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
> MSHA accident `220062340055` · 08/05/2006 · National Cement Co. of AL., Inc.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Miner, Prospector, NEC
- **Activity:** Hand tools (not powered)
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** ABDOMEN/INTERNAL ORGANS
- **Days lost:** 2
- **Mine experience:** 1 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Vicat S A
- **Operator:** National Cement Co. of AL., Inc.
- **Mine:** [0100027](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0100027)
## Narrative

Employee picked up a sledgehammer and knocked out a metal shim under a steel plate. Allegedly a metal shaving ricocheted off & struck employee in the abdomen embedding the fragment of metal.

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