# HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
> MSHA accident `220221960024` · 07/08/2022 · George Reed Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
- **Classification:** HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
- **Accident type:** Struck by flying object
- **Occupation:** Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
- **Activity:** Chute, Pull or free
- **Injury source:** BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 4.19 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Reed Family Companies
- **Operator:** George Reed Inc
- **Mine:** [0403761](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0403761)
## Narrative

Employee was clearing out a blockage on the fines chute underneath the jaw of the primary plant. The employee was using a metal bar to loosen the stuck material. When the last rock came free instead of falling down the chute it came out of the access hatch hitting the miner in the face and hand.

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