# HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
> MSHA accident `220211410011` · 05/21/2021 · Lhoist North America of Virginia, Inc.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Electrician, Lineman
- **Activity:** Electrical maintenance
- **Injury source:** HAND TOOLS,NONPOWERED,NEC
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** KNEE/PATELLA
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 19.69 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Lhoist Group
- **Operator:** Lhoist North America of Virginia, Inc.
- **Mine:** [4400082](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4400082)
## Narrative

Employee was sitting on the ground underneath Kiln 1, and was using a cable stripping tool to remove the insulation from a new electrical cable that was being installed for Kiln 3. The employee was pulling the tool towards them, when the tool slipped and the blade struck them in the left knee. Employee received a laceration on the knee.

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