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.
INJURED USING PRYBAR TO CLEAN BUILDUP IN CHUTE FEEDING ROLL CRUSHER. SMASHED HIS L. THUMB BETWEEN BAR AND LATCH ON DOOR OPENING IN CRUSHER CHUTE.
INJURED WAS USING SLEDGE HAMMER ON RECLAIM HOPPER, AND SMAHSED END OF LEFT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN ANGLE IRON ON FRAME OF HOPPER AND HAMMR HANDLE.
EMP PLACED A PRY BAR IN ORE CAR DOOR HANDLE TO OPEN IT. AFTER EXTENDING HIS LEGS FULLY, EMP THEN ATTEMPTED OT ARCH BACK FOR MORE LEVERAGE. AT THIS POINT IN TIME, EMP FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT ON 7-9-96 HE WAS PULLING ON A WRENCH AND HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER GOT SORE AS HE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ON A PENSION GEAR. LATER HE NOTICED SOME TENDERNESS IN FINGER, THOUGH T IT WOULD GO AWAY. TENDERNESS DID NOT GO AWAY AND ON TUESDAY, 7-16-96, HIS FINGER WAS STILL SWOLLEN AND HURTING AND REPORTED IT TO OFFICE ON 7-16-96.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO TIGHTEN AN INCLINE CHAIN WHEN THE PRY BAR SLIPPED AND HIT EE IN HEAD RESULTING IN LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED 8 STITCHES.
WORKING WITH METAL IN A VISE- HAND SLIPPED OFF OF VISE. HAND- FINGER DISLOCATED.
AFTAER DUMPING BARITE ORE INTO APRON FEEDER WITHFEL EE WAS BREAKING THE LARGER ROCKS ON TOP OF GRID WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER [16#] WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE CALLED SUPERVISOR & GOT SOMEONE TO RELIEVE HIM. HE WENT TO DOCTOR THE NEXT MORNING WHERE HE WAS DIAGNOSEAD WITHA STRAINED BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING THE CRUSHER OEPRATOR REMOVE AN OVERSIZE ROCK THAT WAS LODGED IN THE JAW CRUSHER OPENING. HE WAS USING A 5 FT. PRY BAR TO MOVE IT WHEN THE PRY BAR SLIPPED OFF AND PINCHED HIS THUMB BETWEEN THE BAR AND THE FRAME WORK OF THE JAW CRUSHER CAUSING A LOT OF PAIN AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF BLEEDING.
TWO EES WERE REPLACING THE COVER TO BUCKET ELEVATOR THE COVER WEDGED BETWEEN THE GUARD RAL & HOUSING. IN PRYING IT LOOSE, THE COVER SHIFTED AND SMASHED THE EE'S FINGER. THE ACCIDENT LACERATED THE FINGER AND REQUIRED 10 STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGED HE WAS REMOVING A FITTING FROM AN AIRLINE WHEN THE WRENCH HE WAS USING SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE. WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE HE FELL, HITTING HIS KNEE ON THE BARG E.
ONE EMPLOYEE WAS DISLODGING LUMPS ON CONVEYOR BELT WITH SHOTGUN. ONE EMPLOYEE SHOT AT LUMP TO BREAK IT UP. THE SLUG SPLIT AND RICOHET AND HIT HIM IN FACE AS HE WAS STANDING ABOUT 25 FEET BEHIN D THE SHOOTEN. THIS PRACTICE IN THIS LOCATION DISCONTINUED.
CLEANING OUT FEED HOPPER OF WET CLAY FEED WITH A PICK. PULLED BACK ON PICK AND HAD PAIN IN MIDDLE OF BACK.
MAN WAS INSIDE KILN USING HAMMER & CHISLE TO LOOSEN SCALE ON BRICK TWISTED & TURNED & RUPTURED DISC IN LOWER BACK NO REPORT BY EMPLOYEE ON ACCIDENT DATE ACCIDENT REPORTED TO SUPERVISION ON 10 2585
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE WAS CLEANING THE SIDES OF A HOPPER WHEN MATGERIAL BROKE LOOSE FROM THE SIDE AND SLID INTO HIS KNEE
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE WAS CUTTING METAL BANDING WITH A PAIR OF TIN SNIPS. THE SNIPS CUT THROUGH THE STEEL BAND, HIS HAND FOLLOWED THROUGH AND WAS CUT BY THE SHARP EDGE OF THE BANDING.