# HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
> MSHA accident `220112300016` · 08/08/2011 · Miles Sand and Gravel Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
- **Accident type:** Struck by flying object
- **Occupation:** Maintenance man, Mechanic,  Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
- **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:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.4 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Walt  Miles
- **Operator:** Miles Sand and Gravel Company
- **Mine:** [4502816](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4502816)
## Narrative

Worker was installing a tooth onto the shank of a loader bucket. In order to align the pin the worker tapped on the tip of the tooth with a steel hammer. While doing that a piece of the tooth chipped off and struck the worker in the abdomen. He went to the doctor and they found that the metal chip had went through his coveralls and shirt and was embedded in his abdominal wall.

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