# HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
> MSHA accident `220241030022` · 04/01/2024 · Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
- **Activity:** Hand tools (not powered)
- **Injury source:** METAL COVERS & GUARDS
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 309
- **Mine experience:** 19.58 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Imerys S A
- **Operator:** Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company
- **Mine:** [3800052](https://api.morvs.ai/mine/3800052)
## Narrative

Employee was cleaning out the #5 Mill feed bin with a push bar to clean the material that had plugged up inside the tank. When the employee pulled to remove the push bar employee's left index finger became caught between the push bar and a guard rail.

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