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.
5200-347 barring rock out of chute, felt sharp pain in groin, pain went slowly away, grizzling on 3700, moved piece of steel, pain came back.
5200-164 - Using powder knife to cut water hose; knife slipped and went into left thigh.
5200-346 Chute - barring overhead in chute, felt pain in right shoulder.
3400-048 Raising crib smashed left index finger with ax driving 60 penny nail above employee's head
5200 Grizzly - using double jack to break rocks on top of grizzly; felt strong pain in right hand.
5200 Grizzly - using double jack, something popped in left forearm.
3400-49RS install raise gate 20' down from top; nail lagging to side for gate to stop on when you close it. Had to hold lagging with left hand to nail in place, hit back of hand with poll of axe. Fracture middle left finger.
Miner using snow rake to clear snow off Morning Shop open warehouse roof, snow rake came out of EE's hands falling back striking EE above right eye - laceration above right eye
Galena Mill - #2 belt scraper, tighten scraper, bar used to tighten scraper slipped employee slipped fell into metal ladder rung cutting eyebrow above right eye. 4 sutures
Knock rock out of drill hole using rock bolt and double jack, hit rock bolt with double jack, smashed left little finger between rock bolt and double jack
Miner pried rock off muck pile to move 15 hp. slusher up raise, rock slid down and hit miner in left shin.
Use 6-foot bar to move mill pinion shaft (approx. 3,000 lbs.) across shop floor, overexerted - abdominal strain - hernia repair June 1, 2016
Clearing grizzly of muck, swung double jack - rock broke, chunk came up hitting miner in mouth breaking upper incisor tooth
In 3000 Level Grizzly, using double jack to break rocks, piece of rock flew up and broke front tooth.
In 3000-079, hit large rock with smaller rock on top; smaller rock came back after being hit with double jack hitting miner in right eye. Miner was wearing safety glasses at time of accident.
Employee was attempting to remove a plug from a pump. There was a pipe in close proximity and slightly above the pump. As he was attempting to loosen the plug the wrench slipped and his chin made contact with the pipe causing his jaws to slam together. This resulted in a chip in Tooth #8 and piece of tooth #14 was broken off.
The employee was attempting to bar a large rock that was stuck in a muck chute. As he pried on the rock he felt a sharp pain in his back. He was diagnosed with a back strain/sprain.
The employee was breaking rock on the grizzly with a double jack. When he made contact with the rock a small shard of broken rock was ejected and it struck him on the wrist between the cuff of his glove and the Kevlar arm guard that he was wearing. It caused a small puncture wound that nicked a vein causing significant bleeding. He received one suture.
Employee was using a hack saw to cut a 3" plastic pvc pipe in an area with a whiz-bang set up for ventilation. While cutting the pipe some debris was blown in behind the safety glasses and became stuck in the right eye. The debris was washed out underground.
An employee was breaking rock on the grizzly when a large shard of rock flew up and struck his glasses knocking them off of his face. At the same time a tiny fragment of rock became embedded in his eye.
The employee was breaking oversized rock on a grizzly using an 8 pound double jack. He swung and struck the rock when the handle of the double jack broke on impact. He said he felt a pop in his elbow when this occurred and he also noticed pain. The doctor diagnosed this injury as a tendon strain and placed him on restricted duty.
The employee was breaking a large rock on the grizzly with a doublejack when a shard of rock flew back and struck him on the left forearm. He was wearing Kevlar sleeves but swinging the doublejack had caused one of the sleeves to slide down which exposed a portion of his arm.