# HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
> MSHA accident `220243530003` · 12/16/2024 · Alpine Silica, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
- **Accident type:** Struck by flying object
- **Occupation:** Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
- **Activity:** Hand tools (not powered)
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** LOWER LEG/TIBIA/FIBULA
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 1.54 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Pro Frac Holding Corp
- **Operator:** Alpine Silica, LLC
- **Mine:** [4105426](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4105426)
## Narrative

Operator was using a 2 pound sledgehammer to remove a worn tooth from an excavator bucket. When the operator hit the worn tooth (one time) with the hammer, a metal shard broke off of the worn tooth and passed through the operator's pants and the top of EE's leather boots before penetrating the operator's left leg, just above EE's ankle.

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