Every injury and fatality MSHA has on file. Filter by state, year, sector, classification, experience, or any keyword from the investigator's narrative.
Email me when a new incident matches these filters. One confirmation email; unsubscribe anytime.
Employee was picking up duo cone filters from customers floor. On standing EE felt pain in lower back.
A maintenance procedure was needed to be performed on the drill requiring the use of cribbing for safety. EE went under the drill to help with stacking the cribbing. While under the machine on their knees EE rotated their body to pick up a piece of cribbing to put on the stack and felt a very sharp pain in their back. EE notified co-worker that they just hurt their back.
The ball hitch of a trailer did not completely engage onto injured person's pick up truck. While attempting to see what the problem was, the hitch dropped into position and pinched off the tip of left middle finger.
Loader operator was manually dislodging a stone that had rolled over the bucket and wedged between the bell crank and loader arm.
Teammate was pouring tire sealer/conditioner into the tire from a 6 gallon container. When the teammate was lowering the 6 gallon container to the ground, the teammate felt pain in lower back.