# HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
> MSHA accident `220211960013` · 07/08/2021 · Lhoist North America of Tennessee, Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
- **Accident type:** Struck by flying object
- **Occupation:** Welder (shop)
- **Activity:** Hand tools (not powered)
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** MOUTH/LIP/TEETH/TONGUE/THROAT/TASTE
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.33 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Lhoist Group
- **Operator:** Lhoist North America of Tennessee, Inc
- **Mine:** [0801121](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0801121)
## Narrative

A contractor maintainer was using a 2-pound hammer. An approximately 1.3 cm wedge shaped shard of the hammer head separated causing projectiles that struck the maintainer through the face shield into the lower lip and chipping a tooth. A second shard struck the contractors right hand causing a laceration. The lip required sutures.

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