# HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
> MSHA accident `220192960002` · 07/05/2018 · Republic Energy LLC
## 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:** 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:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 10 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc
- **Operator:** Republic Energy LLC
- **Mine:** [4609054](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4609054)
## Narrative

Employee was cleaning a small ditch out with a long handle shovel. The ditch had already been dug with a small back hoe. EE placed hand between the end of the shovel handle and EE's leg to gain leverage. When EE applied leverage with EE's leg, EE felt pain in the right hand in the area of the pinky finger.

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