Every injury and fatality MSHA has on file. Filter by state, year, sector, classification, experience, or any keyword from the investigator's narrative.
EMPL WAS LOADING VP RINGS INTO BACK OF A PICKUP TRUCK RINGS BEING LOADED SLIPPED CATCHING FINGER BETWEEN RINGS IN HAND AND THOSE ALREADY IN TRUCK EMPLS R MIDDLE FINGER WAS CRUSHED AND LACERATE D
July 1, 1989OH · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
I,NAME WAS ASSISTING OTHER EMPLOYEE TO INSTALL A DUMP CABLE ON THE DRAG BUCKET. THE SHOVEL OPERATOR PULLED THE CABLE TO REMOVE THE SLACK. THE WEDGE WAS NOT SECURE AND THE CABLE CAME OUT OF THE SOCKET STRIKING HIM ABOVE THE RIGHT EYE.
June 2, 1989MI · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WAS INSTALLING METAL CHUT LINES-TOP LINER SLIPPED DOWN PINCHING EMPLOYEES FINGERS AS EMPLOYEE PULLED HIS HAND FREE HE STRUCK HIS ELBOW ON TEH BACK OF THE CHUT RESULTING IN SWELLING AND FLUID B UILD-UP ELBOW WAS DRAINED BY DOCTOR THE FOLLOWING DAY. NO TIME LOST. USE OF SMALLER LINES-HELP WITH INSTALLATION.
April 15, 1989MI · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING PREPARATION FOR STARTING A FIRE BY PICKING UP PIECES OF KINDLING WOOD PREVIOUSLY BROKEN UP FROM A WOODEN PALLET HE HAD BENT OVER/LEANED OVER TO PICK UP A 2XZ4 APPROX.24IN T O 27IN LONG WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN H IS BACK
December 27, 1988OH · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
SMALL CABLE HAD NOT BEEN PUT ON TO KEEP COUNTER WEIGHT FROM TURNING. WHEN EMPLOYEE REMOVED CLEVIS FROM CABLE THAT HELP COUNTERWEIGHT UP CABLE SPUN AROUND SEVEREAL TIMES. CLEVIS STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON LEFT SIDE OF FACE.
November 30, 1988MI · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING CLEAN UP SCRAP METAL & SCREENS FROM AROUND PLANT. HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP APPROX. 50 LBS OF SCRAP WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK-HE HAD BEEN DOING THIS JOB FOR ABOUT 15 MIN.
October 25, 1988IN · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING V-BELTS TO LOCATE SIZE & GOT HIS FINGERS CAUGHT BETWEEN V-BELTS & THE SHEAVE
August 20, 1988MI · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPL REPORTED TO WORK IN BEGINNING OF WEEK WITH COMPLAINT OF SORE BACK PLAYING SOFTBALL & LATER IN WEEK EMPL ALLEGESS THAT ADDITIONAL INJURY WA CAUSED WHILE HE WASS REPARING SCREENS & CHUTE LI NERS IN GRAVEL PLANT.
August 10, 1988MI · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING POWER CABLE HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RT GROIN
July 20, 1988IN · Metal/Non-Metalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderHANDLING OF MATERIALS
HE WAS HOOKING UP A WELDING TRAILER TO APICKUP TRUCK.HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TONGUE OF THE WELDER AND THE HITCH OF THE TRUCK.THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED IN NEAR DARKNESS.
May 24, 1988IN · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
I.NAME WAS PICKING CLAY BALLS OF OF #. CONVEYOR BELT WHEN IN THE PROCESS OF LEANING OVER THE BELT CAUSED INJURY TO NERVE IN BACK SPINAL NERVE COMPRESSION
March 24, 1988MI · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
I NAME WAS SHOVELING PIT RUN RAW MATERIAL OUT OF CONVEYER GATHERING HOPPER ON THE FIELD BELT LINE STRAINED GROIN IN THE PROCESS RESULTING IN A HERNIA SAW DOCTOR ON 3/25/88 AND WAS ADVISED TO KEEP WORKING UNLESS IT GOT WORSE. HERNIA DID GET WORSE AND 1 NAME IS OFF WORK AS OF 5/4/88 FOR REPAIR OF HERNIA
February 5, 1988MI · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS LI3ING THE INSIDE OF A HOPPER WITH 1/2" STEEL PLATE. A PIECE OF THE STEELE LINING HE WAS HOLDING IN PLACE TO BOLT DOWN SLIPPED AND CUT HIS FINGER.
January 28, 1988OH · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEES WERE TAKING REPLACEMENT PARTS INTO CRUSHER PLANT EMPLOYEE OPENED BIG DOOR SO FRONT END LOADER COULD PUT PARTS IN THE DOOR THE BOTTOM HINGE BROKE OFF ALLOWING BOTTOM OF DOOR TO COME FORWARD EMPLOYEE JERKED HIS HAND AWAY HIS RT ARM STRUCK THE PIPE RAIL ACCROSS DOOR AND BROKE HIS RT WRIST
December 16, 1987MI · Metal/Non-Metalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderHANDLING OF MATERIALS
I NAME WAS REMO5ING A PALLET FROM THE OVERSIZE SURGE BOTT. THE PALLET SLIPPED OUT OF HIS RIGHT HANDAND PINCHED HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE PALLET AND THE 4 INCH PUMP.
EMP UNLOADING A3TRUCK LOAD OF FABRICATED STEEL AFTER TAKING CHAIN BINDERS OFF THE LOAD SHIFTED AND FELL ON EMPLOYEE STRIKING HIS RT KNEE AND L OWER LEG PINNING HIM AGAINST THE TRUCK BACK PULL MUSCLES AND BRU3SE
December 1, 1987OH · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WHILE IN A SITT3NG POSITION EMPLOYEE PULLED ON GATE LEVER TO OPEN GATE TO ALLOW MATERIAL TO FLOW INTO TRUCK.THE GATE STUCK AND EMPLOYEE JERKED HANDLE WITH BOTH HANDS TO FREE GATE PULLING MUSCL E IN RIGHT SIDE3OF LOWER BACK.
November 18, 1987OH · Metal/Non-Metalcoal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shovelerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
RELING DISCHARG9 CHUTE FROM SAND SCREW-DOES NOT REMEMBER WHEN PARTICLES ENTERED HIS EYE-EMPLOYEE WAS NOT WEARING HIS SAFETY GLASSES HAVING TAKEN THEM OFF TO USE CUTTING GOGGLES AND THEN NOT PU TTING BACK ON.E4PLOYEE HAD AT THAT TIME AN IMPROPER ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE WEARING OF SAFETY GLASSES.
November 2, 1987OH · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
I NAME WAS CLSO3NG THE LARGE SLIDING DOORS ON THE MONIGHN DRAGLINE. IN DOING SO HE PINCHED HIS RT THUMB BETWEEN THE DOORS. LACERATIONS AND TIP FRACTURE TO RT THUMB
WHILE IN THE PR2CESS OF MOVING A PUMP IMPELLER FROM WORK BOAT INTO DREDGE BY MEANS OF AN OVERHEAD CHAIN H OIST & AS THE IMPELLER WAS BEING LOWERED T O THE FLOOR OF THE DREDGE IT STARTED SLIDIN G T OWARD THE D2OR THE EMPLOYEE REACHED WITH HIS LEFT HAND TO POSITION THE IMPELLER & CUT HIS HAND ON A SHARP EDGE OF THE IMPELLER
EMPLOYEE HAD FI3ISHED CHECKING THE OIL LEVEL IN THE LOADER AND WAS TURNING TO DISMOUNT THE LOADER. EMPLOYEE'S FOOT WAS ON THE GRIP STRUT STEP AND DID NOT PIVOT WITH HIS BODY.
August 22, 1987IN · Metal/Non-Metalcrane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, riggerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
THE EMPLOYEE WA8 REMOVING A TROUGHING ROLLER FROM UNDER A PIECE OF 6 IN. PIPE.INSTEAD OF GRABBING IT BY THE BRACKET, HE GRABBED IT BY ONE OF THE CANS WHICH ROLLED AND PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEE N IT AND THE MI8DLE CAN.
August 4, 1987OH · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS