HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Name: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at American Gilsonite Company
Start: 10/01/2025

220253170123 · 10/01/2025 · American Gilsonite Company

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type: Caught in, under or between NEC
Occupation: Electrician, Lineman
Activity: Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 2.46 years

Operator

Controller (parent): American Gilsonite Company
Operator: American Gilsonite Company
Mine: 4202702

Narrative

A miner was turning a pipe with a pipe wrench in one hand, and their other hand on the top of the pipe where an elbow was located. The pipe turned faster than the miner expected, and the miners thumb got caught in the elbow, bending it back.

Source

Authoritative: MSHA Open Government Data
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown