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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220260920016 · 03/22/2026 · Knife River Corporation-Northwest

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type
Over-exertion NEC
Occupation
Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
Activity
Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source
AXE,HAMMER,SLEDGE
Nature of injury
SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
Body part
HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
Days lost
—
Mine experience
2.42 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Knife River Corporation
Operator
Knife River Corporation-Northwest
Mine
3502968

Narrative

Tunnel feeder had concrete chunks get stuck on crossbeams and needed to be removed before any more material is fed into the feeder. Employee took a 12lbs sledgehammer and tried to break material, this did not work. After this task the Employee felt pain in their right hand. Employee did not report the pain until 03/27/2026 at 630am after medical treatment

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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