# HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
> MSHA accident `220100430020` · 02/04/2010 · J M Huber Corp
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
- **Classification:** HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
- **Activity:** Hand tools (not powered)
- **Injury source:** AXE,HAMMER,SLEDGE
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 16
- **Mine experience:** 30.85 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** J M Huber Corp
- **Operator:** J M Huber Corp
- **Mine:** [1102627](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1102627)
## Narrative

The employee was using a pipe and a hammer to break up clumps of material in an outside hopper.  The employee put one end of the pipe on a clump and went to strike the other end of the pipe.  The hammer head glanced off the end of the pipe and the employee's hand that was holding the hammer hit the end of the pipe.  The employee broke the second digit on his right index finger.

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