# HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
> MSHA accident `220262650002` · 09/16/2026 · Coal Mac, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Crane operator, Mobile equipment operator (MEO), Dragline operator, Dropball operator, Rigger
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** AXE,HAMMER,SLEDGE
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 0.69 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** John Mitch Potter
- **Operator:** Coal Mac, LLC
- **Mine:** [4605649](https://api.morvs.ai/mine/4605649)
## Narrative

Employee was helping splice a belt, while one employee was swinging a hammer nailing the splice. EE thought the other employee had stopped hammering and extended EE's hand to move the anvil over and was struck with a 4-pound hammer. EE suffered a fractured left ring finger; EE was taken to PMC hospital and had surgery to repair the fracture.

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