# HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
> MSHA accident `220241500005` · 05/22/2024 · Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
- **Accident type:** Over-exertion NEC
- **Occupation:** Rotary bucket excavator operator
- **Activity:** Hand tools (not powered)
- **Injury source:** AXE,HAMMER,SLEDGE
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** KNEE/PATELLA
- **Days lost:** 139
- **Mine experience:** 8 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Vulcan Materials Company
- **Operator:** Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC
- **Mine:** [2800009](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2800009)
## Narrative

The employee was using a sledge hammer to put the pins in a bucket that they had just placed on an excavator and as EE swung the hammer EE heard a ""pop"" in EE's knee.

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