# HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
> MSHA accident `220251540012` · 05/23/2025 · Ash Grove Cement Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
- **Classification:** HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Maintenance man, Mechanic,  Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** CHAIN HOIST, CHAIN BLOCK
- **Nature of injury:** AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 1.06 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** CRH PLC
- **Operator:** Ash Grove Cement Company
- **Mine:** [2500002](https://api.morvs.ai/mine/2500002)
## Narrative

While positioning a feeder for install with three other miners the employee pinched right middle finger when unhooking a chain hoist hook and the feeder moved unexpectedly. The pinch removed the tissue from the tip of the finger. The result was an partial amputation of the tip of the right middle finger performed at the ER.

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