# HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
> MSHA accident `220142520009` · 08/30/2014 · Kennecott Utah Copper LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
- **Classification:** HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary 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:** AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 33
- **Mine experience:** 1.75 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Rio Tinto Group
- **Operator:** Kennecott Utah Copper LLC
- **Mine:** [4200149](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4200149)
## Narrative

Craftsman was working to replace a wear plate on a shovel dipper door when the cable supporting the plate caught on the door creating stored energy in the system. The craftsman tried to free the plate with a pry bar and as the cable suddenly released; the craftsman sustained a crushing injury to his middle and ring finger(s), by contact with the wear plate and dipper door.

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