HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Name: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at Colorado Sand Company
Start: 01/17/2026

220260260009 · 01/17/2026 · Colorado Sand Company

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type: Struck by... NEC
Occupation: Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
Activity: Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source: AXE,HAMMER,SLEDGE
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 1.85 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Jamie Patterson; Dave Patterson
Operator: Colorado Sand Company
Mine: 0505159

Narrative

Employee was attempting to break frozen material on grizzly feeder using a 10lbs sledgehammer. When swinging the hammer, employee caught EE's right index finger. Resulted in laceration requiring 10 sutures. Employee was wearing gloves.

Source

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