Every injury and fatality MSHA has on file. Filter by state, year, sector, classification, experience, or any keyword from the investigator's narrative.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING THE BOTTOM DOOR ON A RAIL CAR. THE DOOR WAS HARD TO CLOSE AND HE WAS USING A LONG TRACK BAR TO PULL THE DOOR CLOSED. WHILE PULLING ON THE BAR, HE FELT A PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK.
October 12, 1995IL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
THE EMPLOYEE WAS LAYING ON THE GRATING BY THE DREDGE PUMP TO TIGHTEN THE BOTTOM CASING BOLTS. HE WAS PUSHING THE WRENCH IN AN UPWARD DIRECTION WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN IS NECK. HEAT PADS AND MEDICATION WERE REQUIRED TO RELIEVE THE STIFFNESS.
August 21, 1995SC · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A NAIL PULLER TO REMOVE NAILS FROM SIGN BOARDS. NAILS WERE AT HEAD HEIGHT. NAIL HEAD BROKE OFF AND PULLER STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN UPPER LIP.
February 15, 1995SC · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING A DRILL BIT WITH A DRILLCHUCK. THE CHUCK SLIPPED AND HE STRUCK THE BIT WITH HIS FINGERS. HE CUT HIS MIDDLE FINGER REQUIRING FOUR STITCHES.
THIS IS REOCCURENCE OF AN OLD INJURY. HE WAS SWINGING A 3# HAMMER TO UNPLUG A PIPE. HE HIT A GLANCING BLOW AND CAUSED A PROBLEM WITH HIS NECK AND BACK.
September 9, 1994OK · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EE WAS USING A CHISEL AND HAMMER TO CUT THE HEAD OFF OF A SMALL BOLT. A SLIVER OF METAL STUCK HIS LEFT ARM ABOVE THE ELBOW IN THE MUSCLE AREA. NOTE: I WAS UNAWARE OF STITCHES UNTIL SEPT. 29, 1 994.
July 27, 1994PA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EE WAS HELPING A CREW WORK ON 5 MILL TWO SCREW JACKS ARE USED UNDER A SADDLE OT LIFT THE MILL IN ORDER TO POUR THE BEARINGS. HE WAS WORKING ONE JACK WHILE ANOTHER EE WAS ONT HE OTHER JACK. WHE N LIFTING THE MILL IT TAKE 100 TO 150 LBS OF PULLL OR WEIGHT TO OPERATE THE JACK UNDER THE LOAD.
June 18, 1993PA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
HE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ON FLANGE TO LINE FROM ATTRITION CELL PLATFORM TO GALIGHER SUMP BOX WHEN THE RATCHET SLIPPED AND HIS MOUTH HIT THE FLANGE KNOCKING OUT HIS FRONT TOOTH. HE WAS SITTING O N A PIPE AT THE TIME.
May 19, 1993PA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EE WAS TIGHTENING THE BRAKE ON A RAILCAR BY TURNING THE BRAKE WHEEL HIS RIGHT HAND SLIPPED OFF THE BRAKE WHEEL STRIKING AGAINST A STEEL SUPPORT DIRECTLY BEHIND THE BRAKE WHEEL CAUSING A STRAIN TO HIS RIGHT WRIST.
January 26, 1993WV · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
WAS PERFORMING ROUTINE DUTIES. OPENING SLIDE ON BOTTOM OF RAILCAR WITH TRACK BAR AND THE BAR SLIPPED OUT. HE HIT HIS HAND ON RAILROAD TIE AND BENT THUMB (RIGHT) BACKWARDS.
January 20, 1993IL · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
WHILE TIGHTENING A FITTING ON A DUST LINE THE PIPE WRENCH SLIPPED AND SMASHED HIS THUMB.
October 10, 1992TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
U S Silica Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UP WASTE MATERIAL AROUND THE CALCINE BAGGING MACHINE AT SMALL BELT. WHILE SHOVELING, HE CAUGHT RIGHT FINGER BETWEEN THE SHOVEL HANDLE AND THE GUARD CUTTING HIS LITTLE FIN GER AND NAIL. STITCHES WERE PUT IN THE FINGER AND 1/2 OF THE FINGER NAIL WAS REMOVED.
October 6, 1992PA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON D8K TRACK LINK IN SHOP.WHEN TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER,HE WAS HOLDING PIECE TOGETHER AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAMMER.IN DOING SO HE HIT INJURED'S HAND.THE RIGHT THU MB WAS CONTUSED AND FRACTURED.
August 13, 1992IL · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A BEARING FROM A PUMP SHAFT WITHA COLAD CHISEL AND HAMMER. A PIECE OF STEEL FLEW FROM EITHER THE BEARING OR THE CHISEL AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE UNDER THE LEFT EYE.
May 8, 1991IL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EE WAS REPLACING PIN ON CENTER SHAFT WHILE TIGHTENING BOLT THE WRENCH SLIPPED, HITTING HIS LEFT HAND CAUSING HIS FINGE TO SWELL. ICE WAS APPLIED. EMPLOYEE DID NOT WANT TO GO TO DOCTOR. ON 4-10 -91 EMPLOYEE REQUESTED TO GOT TO DOCTOR, AFTER X-RAYED IT WAS FOUND TO BE FRACTURED.
February 27, 1991IL · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE WAS STRIKING A 8" PIPE WITH A 3# HAMMER BECAUSE IT WAS PLUGGED. HE SWUNG ANDHIT A GLANCING BLOW ON THE PIPE WHICH HE FELT CAUSED A PROBLEM WITH HIS NECK. AND SHOULDER.
December 6, 1990MO · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ROLAND'S ROAD SERVICE MECHANICS REPAIR THE TRACK ON A KOMATSU BULLDOZER.THE SERVICE MECHANICS WERE DRIVING A CENTER PIN THROUGH THE TRACK TO FASTEN THE TRACK,WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN A PIECE OF METAL SHEARED FROM THE PIN AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE ON HIS LEFT LEG BELOW THE KNEE CAP.THE METAL PUNCTURED AND STUCK IN EMPLOYEES LEG.
September 20, 1990IL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
WHILE USING A COME-A-LONG TO LOWER AN EXHAUST FAN THE CABLE SLIPPED CUT OF THE HOOK HOLDING IT AND THE COME-A-LONG STRUCK HIM THE MOUTH. A PARTIAL PLATE WAS BROKEN IN HIS MOUTH.
August 9, 1990MO · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE WAS USING WIRE BRUSH PREPARING STEEL FOR PAINTING. STRUCK FINGER ON SHARP EDGE OF STEEL THAT WAS NOT GROUND OFF. CUT INDEX FIGNER OF RIGHT HAND.
May 7, 1990SC · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING UP A SAND SPILL WHEN HE STRUCK HIS KNEE THIS CASUSED HIM TO FALL BACKWARD & THE SHOVEL HANDLE STRUCK HIS THUMB A LIGHT BULB WAS BURNT OUT & TH4E EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEE A M ETAL BEAM THAT HE STRUCK THE SHOVEL ON AT THE TIME OF THE ASCCIDENT THE EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO THE DOC HE WAS DIAGNOSED CONTUSION TO THE KNEE & A SPRAINED THUMB A FOLLOW UP VISIT WAS ON 05-11-
March 5, 1990TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
HELPING CREW WORK ON MILL 5. SCREW JACKS USED UNDER SADDLE TO LIFT THE MILL IN ORDER TO POUR BEARINGS WORKING ONE JACK WHILE ANOTHER EMP ON OTHER JACK LIFTING THE MILL IT TAKES 100 - 150 LBS O F PLL OR WT TO OPER JACK UNDER THE LOAD
August 2, 1989IL · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
2 EMPL WORKING TOGETHER.ONE WAS POUNDING RUBBER LINING IN PLACE,ONE WAS ASSISTING.ONE JPLACED HAND ON LINING TO CHECK FIT AT SAME TIME THE OTHER EMPL STRUCK LINING WITH HAMMER.
February 12, 1989TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE WAS HITTING BOARD WITH HAMMER BOARD SLIPPED HAMMER FLEW OUT OF HAND CLAWS ON HAMMER STRUCK EMPLOYEES FOREHEAD CAUSING LACERATION 3 SUTURES REQUIRED
THE EMPLOYEE WA8 REMOVING THE LOWER SEAL FROM THE TRUNNION HOUSING ON #6 MILL.CHANNEL LOCKS SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIM IN THE CHIN CAUSING A LACERATION THAT REQUIRED 3 STITCHES.
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