# HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
> MSHA accident `220081060029` · 04/10/2008 · Essroc Cement Corp.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Welder (shop)
- **Activity:** Hand tools (not powered)
- **Injury source:** AXE,HAMMER,SLEDGE
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.12 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Italcementi Spa
- **Operator:** Essroc Cement Corp.
- **Mine:** [4600007](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4600007)
## Narrative

Team member had to air arc a misalignment on a calciner piece, after air arcing, he took a short handled 3# hammer and started banging on the piece to see if the weld was cut all the way through. on the 5th swing, he pinched his lettle finger between the steel and the hammer handle.

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