# HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
> MSHA accident `220093350041` · 11/20/2009 · Speed Mining, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
- **Classification:** HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Utility man, Errand boy, Service truck operator
- **Activity:** Hand tools (not powered)
- **Injury source:** HAND TOOLS,NONPOWERED,NEC
- **Nature of injury:** AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 85
- **Mine experience:** 2 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Patriot Coal Corporation
- **Operator:** Speed Mining, LLC
- **Mine:** [4605437](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4605437)
## Narrative

EE was tensioning 10' post tension cable bolts in the #2 S. belt track entry. While holding the tensioner he was unaware that his left index finger was between the ram and the tensioner. When he instructed his co-worker to retract the ram the tensioner retracted amputating the tip of the EE's left index finger.

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