# HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
> MSHA accident `220073460033` · 12/03/2007 · Alcoa World Alumina LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Maintenance man, Mechanic,  Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
- **Activity:** Hand tools (not powered)
- **Injury source:** KNIFE
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** THIGH/FEMUR
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 10.23 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Alcoa Inc
- **Operator:** Alcoa World Alumina LLC
- **Mine:** [4100320](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4100320)
## Narrative

EE was working in R325 overhaul yard on a kiln end plate. He was installing a gasket to fit around the outside edge of the plate. He was trimming the width of the gasket using a utility knife in a clenched fist & pulling down & across it. When the knife came to the end of the gasket, it slipped down & struck him in the rt leg above the knee. Laceration was closed w/sutures.

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