# HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
> MSHA accident `220151660038` · 06/10/2015 · Black Hills Bentonite
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between NEC
- **Occupation:** Maintenance man, Mechanic,  Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
- **Activity:** Hand tools (not powered)
- **Injury source:** HAND TOOLS,NONPOWERED,NEC
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** LEG, NEC
- **Days lost:** 2
- **Mine experience:** 0.23 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Thomas A  Thorson
- **Operator:** Black Hills Bentonite
- **Mine:** [4800617](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4800617)
## Narrative

Employee was using a rope to pull a ladder into place on a piece of machinery he was working on. The rope dropped and got wrapped up in a tail roller. and then rope wrapped around his leg. It tightened around his leg until it broke.

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