# HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
> MSHA accident `220240360015` · 01/29/2024 · Blue Creek Mining, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Electrician, Lineman
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** AXE,HAMMER,SLEDGE
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 7 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Sev.en Global Investments a.s.
- **Operator:** Blue Creek Mining, LLC
- **Mine:** [4609297](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4609297)
## Narrative

EE was assisting Co-Worker who was attempting to remove a cat pad pin, EE was holding a cut off roof bolt that had been modified for this task while Co-Worker was striking it with a 10lb sledgehammer. The hammer, after striking the head of the roof bolt, ricocheted up striking EE in the left eye. This resulted in a laceration above the left eye.

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