# HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
> MSHA accident `220153060048` · 10/22/2015 · Kyanite Mining Corp
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
- **Classification:** HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
- **Accident type:** Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects
- **Occupation:** Crane operator, Mobile equipment operator (MEO), Dragline operator, Dropball operator, Rigger
- **Activity:** Hand tools (not powered)
- **Injury source:** AXE,HAMMER,SLEDGE
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** SHOULDERS (COLLARBONE/CLAVICLE/SCAPULA)
- **Days lost:** 41
- **Mine experience:** 2.77 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** The Disthene Group Inc
- **Operator:** Kyanite Mining Corp
- **Mine:** [4403743](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4403743)
## Narrative

Employee was swinging a 20lb sledge hammer almost horizontally to drive a pin out of an excavator when he felt a sharp pain in his left upper arm/shoulder: was diagnosed in the ER as a bicep tendon tear.

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