# HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
> MSHA accident `220171390011` · 05/08/2017 · M-Class Mining LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Bull gang foreman, Labor foreman, Leadman, Section foreman, Shift boss
- **Activity:** Hand tools (not powered)
- **Injury source:** AXE,HAMMER,SLEDGE
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 37
- **Mine experience:** 4.54 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Foresight Energy Labor LLC
- **Operator:** M-Class Mining LLC
- **Mine:** [1103189](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1103189)
## Narrative

EE was in the process of knocking a hole in a stopping to push props through. As EE took a swing at the stopping with the sledge hammer the head of the hammer went through the hole causing EE to smash left ring finger between the block wall and the handle of the sledge hammer. This resulted in a fracture to the tip of left ring finger.

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