# HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
> MSHA accident `220120650037` · 02/23/2012 · EP Minerals, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Electrician, Lineman
- **Activity:** Hand tools (not powered)
- **Injury source:** KNIFE
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.04 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** EP Management Corporation
- **Operator:** EP Minerals, LLC
- **Mine:** [2600680](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2600680)
## Narrative

Employee was installing a braking system on a stretch wrap machine, he was stripping the cabling in the unit.  He nicked his left index finger with a utility knife.  He did not report it because the cut was small, a few days later he felt it became infected and seeked medical attention.  It was determined that the cut had become infected and prescribed medication for treatment.

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