# HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
> MSHA accident `220150330016` · 01/30/2015 · Buckingham Coal Company,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:** HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 1 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Westmoreland Coal Company
- **Operator:** Buckingham Coal Company,LLC
- **Mine:** [3304526](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3304526)
## Narrative

The Employee stated that he was replacing an area light on a continuous miner. The Employee started to cut the conduit that entered the area light, the Employee was cutting towards himself. The knife slipped and lacerated his left palm. The Employee received 6 stitches in his left palm.

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