Every injury and fatality MSHA has on file. Filter by state, year, sector, classification, experience, or any keyword from the investigator's narrative.
A LARGE SECTION OF HIGHWALL GAVE WAY AND FELL ONTHE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE TRUCK BEING DRIVEN BY THE EMPLOYEE. HE BANGED HIS HEAD AND RECEIVED 6 STITCHES.
March 5, 2001WV · Coalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT THE SEAT IN HIS LOADER WAS GIVING HIM LOWER BACK PAIN. NOTIFIED THIS OFFICE ON 3/14/01 OF HIS PROBLEM. LAST DAY OF WORK WAS 3/5/01.
EE WAS WORKING ON A 375 CAT HOE BUCKET. HE WAS CRAWLING UP AND OUT OF THE MACHINERY TO RELOCATE THE HOE BUCKET TO BE WELDED. EE PINCHED A NERVE IN HIS LEG AND HAS RECENTLY HAD LASER SURGERY TO HIS LUMBAR SPINE.
EE WAS USING A WRENCH TO REMOVE A BOLT WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED & MASHED THE END OF HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE WRENCH & A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON
October 24, 2000WV · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE CALLED THE SHOP TO HAVE A MECHANIC COME TO THE JOB SITE TO ADJUST HIS CLUTCH. HE WAS TOLD THAT SOMEONE WOULD BE ON THE THEIR WAY. WITHOUT WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO ADJUST THE CLUTCH, HE MOVED THE TRUCK-JUMPED OUT-AND THE TRUCK UPSET.
March 30, 1999WV · Coalgrader operator, roadgrader operatorDISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
A COAL TRUCK OPERATOR (CONTRACTOR) WAS HAULING REFUSE MATERIAL FROM THE PREP PLANT TO THE REFUSE SITE. AFTER DUMPING A LOAD THE DRIVER WALKED TO THE REAR OF TRUCK TO SE IF BED WAS EMPTY. A MAS S OF FROZEN MATERIAL SLID FROM THE TRUCK BED AND STRUCK THE DRIVER, AFTER THE DRIVER WAS EXTRACTED IT WAS OBSERVED THAT HIS LEFT LEG WAS AMPUTATED BELOW THE KNEE.
November 18, 1998WV · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS ASSISTING IN LIFTING ON ENGINE WHEN THE CHAIN BEING USED SLIPPED ALLOWING THE ENGINE TO SLIDE. THE ENGINE PINNED HIS MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE REAR OF THE ENGINE AND THE EQUIPMENT FRAME .
June 10, 1998WV · Coalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WENT TO PULLOPEN THE LID ON TOP OF THE POWDER TRUCK DUE TO ICE BUILD-UP ON THE DOOR IT DID NOT OPEN AND THE EMPLOYEE PULLED HIS BIECEP MUSCLE.
December 31, 1997WV · Coalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorDUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
EE STEPPED DOWN FROM A LOADER BUMPER TO A TRUCK BUMPER, HE THEN ENTERED HIS TRUCK AND DROVE OFF AND THEN COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN. WE DID NOT FILE A REPORT BECAUSE WE DID NOT BELIEVE IT TO BE A JOB RELATED INJURY. WV COMP. DENIED THE CLAIM O3-17-98, THEN APPROVED IT ON 3-30-98. WE ARE NOT CONVINCED.
November 21, 1997WV · Coalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorMACHINERY
WHILE REMOVING A SECTION OF BROKE TREE THAT HAD GOTTEN OVER THE TOP OF THE BLADE HIS THUMB WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TOP OF THE BLADE ADN THE TREE CAUSING A SEVERE CUT TO HIS LEFT THUMB.
March 27, 1997WV · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerDUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
BUMPED KNEE CAP ON TRACK PAD OF DOZER ON 11-1. HE DID NTO REPORT THIS TO THE FOREMAN UNTIL TUES. 11-5 AND AT THAT TIME HE REQUESSTED PERMISSION TO GO TO THE DR. HE THEN LEFT WORK AT 1030.
October 10, 1996WV · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EE WAS WORKING UNDER RAISED TRUCK BED WHENEVER A CONNECTOR RING FOR THE EXHAUST FALL OFF THE TRUCK. IN THE ATTEMPT TO JUMP THE EE S HARD HAT FELL OFF AND THE CONNECTOR RING STRUCK THE EE IN TH E HEAD. THE PIECE CAUSED A LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED 4 STICHES TO SUTURE UP.
January 25, 1996WV · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON