# HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
> MSHA accident `220121380015` · 05/12/2012 · Pinnacle Mining Company LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
- **Classification:** HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Maintenance man, Mechanic,  Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
- **Activity:** Hand tools (not powered)
- **Injury source:** AXE,HAMMER,SLEDGE
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 4
- **Mine experience:** 2.17 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Cleveland-Cliffs Inc
- **Operator:** Pinnacle Mining Company LLC
- **Mine:** [4601816](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4601816)
## Narrative

The injured employee was holding a ""punch"" with a pair of channel locks, to knock out a pin on a take-up jack. Another employee with a hammer was striking the pin. The employee with the hammer missed the punch and struck the injured employee in the right thumb. Both employees were wearing approved eye and hand protection.

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