# HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
> MSHA accident `220141550001` · 05/27/2014 · Payne & Dolan Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
- **Activity:** Hand tools (not powered)
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** KNEE/PATELLA
- **Days lost:** 3
- **Mine experience:** 0.92 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Kurt  Bechthold
- **Operator:** Payne & Dolan Inc
- **Mine:** [4700060](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4700060)
## Narrative

Employee was torching a tooth off a loader bucket. As he used a small sledge hammer to knock the tooth off the loader bucket, a small piece of metal chipped off of the tooth & struck him in his knee. The small metal chip embedded itself into his right knee.

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