# HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
> MSHA accident `220231870008` · 07/03/2023 · CEMEX Construction Materials South, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
- **Activity:** Hand tools (not powered)
- **Injury source:** KNIFE
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** THIGH/FEMUR
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 4.85 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Cemex S A
- **Operator:** CEMEX Construction Materials South, LLC
- **Mine:** [4100994](https://api.morvs.ai/mine/4100994)
## Narrative

Employee was cutting the old rubber endcaps off of the spray bars at the Wash Plant. While cutting one of them, the retractable-blade utility knife they were using slipped off the rubber and contacted their left inner thigh. This caused a laceration about 1 inch long and 1 inch deep. 3 Sutures required.

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