# HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
> MSHA accident `220232760014` · 09/18/2023 · Pine Bluff Sand & Gravel Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
- **Accident type:** Struck by flying object
- **Occupation:** Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
- **Activity:** Hand tools (not powered)
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** LEG, NEC
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 10 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** W Scott  McGeorge
- **Operator:** Pine Bluff Sand & Gravel Company
- **Mine:** [1518766](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1518766)
## Narrative

Employee was removing a side wall bucket guard on a loader.  The guard was stuck.  EE used a 4lb hammer to dislodge it.  When EE hit it a piece of metal chipped off and went into EE's leg.  Removed in ER.  Returned to work, no stitches, antibiotic prescribed.  

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