# HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
> MSHA accident `220173170059` · 11/06/2017 · Lafarge Building Materials Incorporated
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Prep plant foreman, Supervisor, Mill plant supervisor, Kiln supervisor
- **Activity:** Hand tools (not powered)
- **Injury source:** AXE,HAMMER,SLEDGE
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.12 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Holcim Ltd
- **Operator:** Lafarge Building Materials Incorporated
- **Mine:** [3000006](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3000006)
## Narrative

A new production control supervisor (PCS) was assigned the task of changing valve positions in the buffer silos. The PCS used the incorrect tool for the task (too large).  When tapping the actuator ee struck/pinched the tip of right ring finger between the tool and a pipe flange.  The injury is a laceration and fracture of the finger tip.

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