# HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
> MSHA accident `220191150018` · 04/16/2019 · Atlas Sand Company, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Master mechanic, Foreman, Supervisor
- **Activity:** Hand tools (not powered)
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.69 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Ben  Brigham
- **Operator:** Atlas Sand Company, LLC
- **Mine:** [4105367](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4105367)
## Narrative

EE was changing a bearing on rotating cartridge puffer.  The bearing was the load bearing part of rotating mechanism.  The EE was using a bar to raise the bearing.  Once the faulty bearing was raised, the EE reached under the bearing to remove it when it slide off the bar, mashing the EE's finger.  The result was a fracture to EE's thumb.

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