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.
EE PINCHED LEFT LITTLE FINGER WHILE CHANGING THE HEAD GATE SIDE WHIELD LEG IN SHIELD 116. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ROTATE LEG, IT BROKE LOOSE AND HIS FINGER BECAME PINCHED. STITCHES WERE REQUIRED, HE BEGAN RESTRICTED DUTY ON 6-12-99.
FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LEFT CALF MUSCLE WHEN UNLOADING A DA EXTENSION FROM THE SHEARER
SPRAIN TO BACK WHEN PICKED UP 6' WATER LINE TO PLACE ON TRAILER. HE STARTED PHYSICAL THERAPY ON 05-11-99.
EE AND CO WORKER WAS TO REMOVE 150' OF BELT HARDWARE FROM BELT LINE. AS HE PULLED ON STRUCTURE TO REMOVE 1" HE FELT A POP OR TEAR AT HIS RIGHT FOREARM AND BICEP ARE TO THE SHOULDER COULD BE OF F 4 TO 6 WEEKS.
NO SPECIFIC INJURY AT WORK, HE REPORTS BACK MUSCLES BEGAN TO GO INTO SPASMS AND HAD GOTTEN WORSE AFTER SLEEPING.
HE SMASHED AND CUT LEFT THUMB WHILE REMOVING ROLLER FRAMES FROM TRAILER.
ASSISTANT WAS HOLDING STRENGTHENING TUBE IN PLACE FOR WELDER TO ATTACH TO SCREEN. HE LET GO OF TUBE BEFORE WELDER HAD SUFFICIENT WELD. TUBE FELLONTO WELDER'S RIGHT WRIST.
CHEATER BAR USED ON BOOMER WAS TO BIG IN DIAMETER & LENGTH
WHILE MOVING FORKS ON 910 LOADER/FORKLIFT FORK SLIPPED FROM ONE EMPLOYEES HAND SMASHING EMPLOYEES FINGERS.
EE SMASHED LITTLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND WHILE LIFTING ROLLER OUT OF BELTLINE, ROLLER CAME LOOSE AND FELL SMASHING FINGER BETWEEN ROLLER AND RAIL. 3 SUTURES WERE REQUIRED.
CLEANING OUT CONVEYOR CHAIN TUBES SLID TO END OF TUBE, PLYWOOD STOPPED, ARM DID NOT, SLIVER ENTERED RIGHT FOREARM, SLIVER REMOVED AND STITCHES WERE REQUIRED.
POPPED RIGHT SHOULDER OUT OF SOCKET WHILE REACHING FOR DRILL STEEL, STARTED RESTRICTED DUTY ON 6-04-98 FOLLOWING HIS DAYS OFF.
INJ WAS WORKING IN AWKWARD POSITION UNDR A PORTION OF THE CONT MINER MACHINE. LOWER BACK STRAIN OCCURRED DURING THAT SHIFT. MEDICAL CARE WAS SOUGHT FROM ORTHOPEDIC SURGEION NEXT DAY AND AN MRI WAS ORDERED. ANY RESTRICTED DUTY RECOMMENDEDEE WAS THEN ON SCHEDULED 6 DAYS OFF.
EE HAD HIS ARM'S EXTENDED ABOVE HIS HEAD PUTTING SOME SHEET METAL IN A RACK WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER ACCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED TO ME UNTIL 4-23-98.
LACERATION TO RIGHT INDEX FINGER WHEN STOPPING COLLAPSED ON HAND.
RIGHT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN MOTOR AND FRAME WHILE CHANGING TRACTION MOTOR ON SHUTTLE CAR REACHED TO MOVE HOSE OUT OF THE WAY.
REMOVING BELT STRUCTURE, TOP ROLLER FRAME HIT IT. KNEE AND SCRAPPED SHIN.
EE TRIED TO UNDO A ROPE THAT WAS CAUGHT ON SCOOP & PULLED SHOULDER OUT OF SOCKET. BECAME REPORTABLE DUE TO SURGERY. 1ST DAY RST DUTY 1-5-98.
WHILE TACKING DOWN SHED, TIN SLIP AND CUT RIGHT WRIST CUT REQUIRED SUTURES.
EE SRT OUTBY HE WAS TRYING TO TAK TIN DOWN OVER STOPPING AREA. THE TIN SLICED THROUGH GLOVE AND FINGER.
TRAVELING THROUGHT MANDOOR, THIS AREA HAS FULL FAN PRESSURE ON IT. HE CLOSED THE DOOR, THE LATCH HUNG UP ON THE FRAME AND THEN SLAMMED ON HIS RIGHT HAND. SUTURES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE WOU ND.
EMP WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF ITON ON THE BAND SAW WHWN ANOTHER EMP WALKED UP TO WAIT TO USE THE SAW. THE OTHER EMP SAT DOWN ON SUPPORT ROLLER AND IRON TO BE WELDED ROLLED OFF THE ROLLER AND STRU CK LEFT FOOT.
EMP WAS REMOVING A LARGE ROCK FROM WALKWAY IN RECLAIM TUNNEL. ROCK SLIPPED THROUGH HIS HANDS AND HE TRIED TO HOLD IT ON KNEE. WHEN MOVING ROCK OFF KNEE HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN GROIN AREA.
HE PICKED UP MONORAIL OFF BELT AND FELT RIPPING IN TO FOREARM. ARM WAS PLACED IN CAST TO REPAIR MUSCLE TEAR.
WHILE ROCK DUSTING BEWLTLINE CARRYING ROCKDUST SACKS AND SPREADING ROCKDUST, PULLED (TORE) MUSCLE IN LOWER PART OF BACK.
WHILE CARRYING SMALL BOTTLE OF OXYGEN, LIFTED BOTTLE ON SHOULDER, TURNED TOWARDS FACE AREA, FELT PAIN INSIDE OF LEFT KNEE. SURGERY PERFORMED 4-29-97.
EE STRUCK ON BACK BY CHAIN THAT BROKE WHILE PULLING FROM #147 TO #148 SHIELD.
EMP TAKING MATS OFF TRAILER. MATS HUNG UP ON WIRE. FINGER (2ND FINGER LEFT HAND) GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO MATS AND PINCHED.
CREW WAS TAKING DOWN CABLE FROM THE MINE ROOF. EMP REINJURED A MUSCLE IN RIB CAGE.
EE WAS MOVING MINER CABLE WHEN ROOF MATS FELL ONCABLE. TRIED TO CATCH MATS, BUT MATS FELL ON TOPOF HIM, COVERING HIS LEGS. CONTUSIONS TO LEFT RIBS, BACK AND SHOULDER.
REMOVING KENNEDY PANEL WHEN PANEL SLID TOGETHER AND JAGGED EDGE CUT THROUGH GLOVE AND RIGHT LITTLE FINGER. LACERATION REQUIRING SUTURES.
STRUCK BY HYDRAULIC HOSE THAT CAME ONN THE END OF THE ROLL. LACERATION TO CHIN THAT REQUIRED SUTURES.
EE STRAINED LOWER BACK MOVING EXTRA FLIGHTS BROUGHT IN FOR LONGWALL CONVEYOR. RESTRICTED DUTY EFFECTIVE 10/22/96.
STRAINED BACK WHILE INSTALLING A SEAT IN 14X SCOOP. DID NOT BECOME LOST TIME UNTIL 10-16-96.
FOREIGN OBJECT EMBEDDED IN RIGHT CORNEA. DUST IN EYE. NO TREATMENT REQUESTED UNTIL 10-8-96.
BELT STRUCTURE SLID OFF OF TRAILER AND STRUCK EE'S LEFT HAND. HE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY EFFECTIVE 8-14-96.
EMPLOYEE WAS ON TOP OF THE STAGELOADER HANDING MONORAIL DOWN TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WHEN SHE FELT HER BACKK POP. SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. X-RAYS REVEALED A FRACTURED VERTEBRAE. RSTRICTED DUTY BEGAN ON 8-7-96.
EE CAUGHT THE MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN A BOTTOM ROLLAR AND STRUCTURE WHILE LOADING STRUCTURE. A LACERATION RESULTED THAT REQUIRED SUTURES. EE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY EFF 8/3/96
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING BOTTOM ROLLER AND NEEDED IT PUSHED TOWARD HIM. WHEN IT MOVED TOWARD HIM, HIS RIGHT THUMB WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE ROLLERS. IT FRACTURED AND CUT HIS THUMB. RESTRICTED DUTY B EGAN 7-31-96.
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING SCISSORS-VEYOR RAIL WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS NECK. HE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY 7-31-96.
STRUCK LEFT ELBOW ON SCOOP BUCKET WHILE CHANGING TIRE UNDERGROUND. INITIAL TREATMENT WAS NOT REQUESTED UNTIL 8-28-96. DIAGNOSED AS BURSITIS AND DID NOT BECOME REPORTABLE UNTIL 11-23-96 WHEN A NEEDLE WAS USED TO REMOVE THE FLUID FROM THE ELBOW.
EE STATES THAT HE HEARD HIS BACK POP WHILE HE WAS LOADING BELT STRUCTURE INTO A SCOOP.
EE WAS WASHING THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER ON A SCOOP WHEN THE LID CAME DOWN AND CAUGHT HIS MIDDLE FINGER AND LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE LID AND THE SCOOP BODY. A FRACTURED FINGER AND HAND RESULTED FRO M THE INCIDENT. HE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY.
EMPLOYEE SAID HE GOT SOMETHING IN HIS RIGHT EYE WHILE WORKING ON THE LONGWALL FACE. THE TREATMENT RENDERED MAKES THIS A MEDICAL REPORTABLE INCIDENT. TREATMENT WAS NOT REQUESTED UNTI THE END OF THE SHIFT ON 5-29-96.
EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE PULLING BELT OUT TO THE MUD.
EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIS HAND IN THE DOOR OF TH ETOOLDBOX ON THE SCOOP. THE RIGHT HAND LITTLE FINGER WAS LACERATED AND REQUIRED SUTURES TO CLOSE THE WOUND.
INJURED WASASSISTING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE TO REMOVE A 4" PIPE FROM ABOVE THE STAGELOADER WHEN THE OTHER END OF THE PIPE WAS DROPPED AND THE END THE INJURED PERSON WAS HOLDING SWUNG UP AND PUSHE D HIS RIGHT ARM BETWEEN THT PIPE AND ANOTHER PIPE THAT WAS HANGING IN THE CHAIN. EMPLOYEE WAS TREATED AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND RESTRICTED DUTY BEGAN ON 4-27-96.
EMPLOYEE WENT TO PHYSICIAN WITHOUT AUTHORIZATIONOR REPORTING INJURY TO THE CO. HE WAS DIAGNOSED A HAVING A HERNIA THAT REQUIRES SURGERY AN REFERRED TO ANOTHER DR. SURGERY IS PENDING AT THIS TI ME. MEDICAL RECORDS WILL BE SENT TO THIRD PARTY FOR DETERMINATION OF WORK RELATIONSHIP. YOU WILL BE ADVISED IF THIS IS DEEMED WORK RELATED.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING MINER CABLE WHEN HE STRAINED HIS RIGHT SIDE LOWER BACK. HE DID NOT REQUEST TREATMENT UNTIL 4-15-96 AND WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY EFFECTIVE 4-16-96.
EMPLOYEE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE WHILE SETTING A PUMP IN THE SUMP AREA. MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS RENDERED, BUT DID NOT BECOME REPORTABLE UNTIL AN MRI WAS DONE AND SURGERY WAS SCHEDULED FOR 5-1-96 .