Every injury and fatality MSHA has on file. Filter by state, year, sector, classification, experience, or any keyword from the investigator's narrative.
EE PULLED MUSCLE IN MIDDLE OF BACK WHILE SWINGING A #12 SLEDGE HAMMER, REMOVING LINER WEDGES FROM CONE CRUSHER.
November 20, 1998CA · Metal/Non-Metalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING ON #4 DECK OF RELIANCE MILL. SHOVEL STOPPED WHEN IT WENT BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF DECKING. THE MOMENTUM CAUSED A JAM TO ARM AND THER WRIST.
September 17, 1998CA · Metal/Non-Metalclerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of salesHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE SUFFERED SHOULDER STRAIN WHILE SWINGING SLEDGE HAMMER PUTTING WEDGES IN CRUSHER
WHILE HAMMERING A PIPE, THE HAMMER SLIPPED AND STRUCK THE LEFT HAND.
August 14, 1998CA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS CUTTING TAPE OFF BOARD HOLDING BOARD WITH LEFT HAND AND HOLDING KNIFE WITH RIGHT HAND. KNIFE SLIPED, POINT OF KNIFE ENTERED LEFT HAND BETWEEN INDEX AND MIDDLE KNUCKLE.
July 29, 1998CA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
WHILE WORKING ON 3/4" CR GATE UNDER MILL, THE GEARS ON THE GATE WOULD NOT MESH SO ANOTHER EE STRUCK IT WITH A HAMMER CAUSING A PEICE OF METAL ATO STRIKE EE BELOW THE RIGHT EYE.
October 14, 1997CA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
AFTER CUTTING CARDBOARD BOX OPEN WAS CLOSING KNIFE WITH ONE HAND AND BLADE CUT MIDDLE RT FINGER.
July 16, 1997CA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS CUTTING A 10'X10'X1/2" PIECE OF USED CONVEYOR BELTING WHENHIS KNIFE SLIPPED AS THE BLADE STARTED TO CUT THROUGH A WORN SECTION. HE WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE MOMENTUM OF HIS CUTTING STROKE AND THE BLADE ENTERED HIS LEFT THIGH.
July 9, 1997CA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING BEARING ON CONVEYOR BELT, HE TAPPED THE BEARING RACE WITH HAMMER TO CHECK F THE RACE WOULD COME OFF. APIECE OF METAL FROM THE RACE STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN UPPER LEFT THIGH CA USIGN SEVER BLEEDING.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A CABLE THAT WAS RUSTED IN A SHACKLE WITH A HAMMER ANND WEDGE A PIECE OF STEEL CABLE SHOT OUT AND PUNCHED HIS LEFT ARM.
April 16, 1997CA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EE WAS USING BAR TO DISLODGE ROCK FROM GATE ON MILL WHEN THE GATE CLOSED, RAM PINCHED THE BAR HE WAS USING AND SMASHED AND CUT TWO FINGERS ON HIS RIGHT HAND.
EMP WAS USING A ROCK BAR TO UNPLUG A CHUTE AND TAPPING IT WITH THE HAMMER TO PUSH IT THRU THE MATERIAL WHEN THE ROCK BAR MOVED AND THE HAMMER MISSED IT, STRIKING EMP IN THE KNEE.
March 28, 1996CA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EE WAS USING A WEDGE & DOG WHILE INSTALLING A STEEL PLATE TO RELINE THE BOTTOM OF #2 CRUSHER DISCHARGE CHUTE. AS HE WAS HAMMERING THE WEDGE, A STEEL FRAGMENT BROKE OFF THE DOG & STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT CHEEK. THE FRAGMENT WAS REMOVED AT THE HOSPITAL E.R. & ONE STITCH WAS REQUIRED.
February 7, 1996CA · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EE WAS INSIDE SCRUBBER AND COWORKER WAS ON THE OUTSIDE TIGHTENING A BOLT. THE BOLT, UNDER PESSURE, BROKE AND SHOT UP, HITT EE IN THE EYE.
May 9, 1995CA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTLALING STARTED. HE WAS PUSHING ON RATCHET AND THE RATCHET SLIPPED PUSHING HIS THUMB AGAINST FRAME AND BENDING IT BACKWRDS. WAS NOT INFORMED OR RECEIVED INJURY REPORT FROM E PLOYEE UNTIL 6-13-95.
April 3, 1995CA · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A CONVEYOR BELT WITH A LINOLEUM KNIFE, THE KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING HIS RIGHT THIGH.
March 2, 1995CA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
WHILE SHOVELING UNDER SCREEN DECK, EE HIT SCREEN DECK WITH SHOVEL AND DUST AND SAND FROM THE SCREEN FELL INTO HIS EYES. PLEASE NOTE EE DID NOT NOTIFY US OF THIS INJURY UNTIL 2-27-95.
December 21, 1994CA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING A PIECE OF IRON OFF A PIPE. A PIECE OF IRON FLEW INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.
December 9, 1994CA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS TRYING TO DISLODGE COMPACTED ROCK, WHICH WAS JAMMED IN THE CRUSHER , WITH A BAR. WHEN THE ROCKS BROKE FREE, THEY CAUSED THE BAR TO JERK INTO HIS FACE, CUTTING IT.
June 28, 1994CA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE WAS HITTING A CHISEL TO LOOSEN UP A UJOINT ON A TRUCK WHEN A PIECE OF STEEL FROM THE HAMMER HE WAS USING BROKE OFF & HIT HIS RT SHOULDER EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION FOR TH IS INJURY UNTIL THE NEXT DAY JULY 29 1994
June 18, 1994CA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A 2"X 2' STEEL BAR, WHICH WAS SUPPORTED BY THE FORKS OF A FORKLIFT ADN GREASED SO IT WOULD SLIDE SMOOTHLY, AS A RAM TO HAMMER OUT THE HYDRAULIC TILT PIN OF A DRESSER 560B LO ADER. THE REPETITIVE MOTION OF SLIDING THE BAR TO DRIVE OUT THE SEIZED PIN FOR 30 MIN. OVER A 45 MIN. PERIOD OF TIME CAUSED HIS BACK TO LATER STIFFEN UP.
CLEANING GRIZZLEY ON CRUSHING PLANT. POSSIBLE STRAINED LEFT SHOULDER.
February 25, 1994CA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Calmat Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
BACK ON 2-2-90, EMPLOYEE WAS USIGN A PRY BAR TO LINE UP THE SCREEN WHILE CHANGING A WIRE CLOTH ON SHAKER AND FELT PAIN IN THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS GROIN AREA. EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTEN TION FOR THIS INJURY UNTIL 2-25-94.
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