# HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
> MSHA accident `220232610008` · 09/08/2023 · Pontotoc Sands Company LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
- **Accident type:** Struck by flying object
- **Occupation:** Lab Technician
- **Activity:** Observe operations
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** UPPER ARM/HUMERUS
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.6 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Castle Lake LP; Joshua  Lehde
- **Operator:** Pontotoc Sands Company LLC
- **Mine:** [3402161](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3402161)
## Narrative

Three employees were in the process of removing a u-joint. Two of the three employees were using a punch and a hammer to remove the u-joint and a small metal fragment went through the third employees shirt and lodged into EE's upper, right arm causing a half inch puncture wound. The employee was seen in the ER and was referred to a surgeon to have the small metal fragment removed.

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