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.
Employee assisting another employee in turning a wheel valve with a pipe wrench. Employee slipped off of platform and struck mouth on pipe wrench handle.
Employee was cutting corrugated pipe with a razor knife. Knife slipped and stabbed them in the left forearm, resulting in four stitches in the left forearm.
Employee mounted a tire on a rim. They then placed a ratchet strap onto the tire & applied pressure to help seat the tire. The tire was inflated which applied additional pressure to the strap. Upon releasing the strap, the employee's glove got entangled in the gear of the strap & subsequently caused a laceration to their left middle finger.
Employee was dislodging material from dryer transition using a sledgehammer. EE struck the flange for the access door and smashed the tip of middle finger on right hand. As a result, EE has a "displaced fracture of distal phalanx of right middle finger, initial encounter for closed fracture".
Employee was knocking down slide gate on D502 Tank with a 8 lb. hammer. Head of hammer slid off top of gate. Caught pinky finger between hammer and gate, pinching the tip of the finger, causing a laceration.
Employee was using pliers and his co-worker was using a hammer to connect green hose to D-502 tank. While closing the locking ears (cam locks), hammer slipped and hit the hand holding the pliers.
The employee was opening rail cars bottom hopper doors with a bar. When done he came back to his office and sat down he felt pain in the lower lumbar area of his back. The next day he had numbness in his left upper thigh.
The employee cut his right leg with a utility knife. He was cutting towards himself when the knife slipped off the hose and into his leg. He is on blood thinner therefore extra precautions were taken to control the bleeding. He received stitches at the hospital and was released without restrictions.
Employee was cleaning out hopper from under the reclaimer using a shovel. The shovel handle was snatched by the paddle. Employee's left hand was caught between the shovel and the reclaimer body, resulting in laceration requiring sutures.
Employee was using a box knife to cut the bands on supersacs. Box cutter slipped and blade cut right index finger, requiring sutures.
Employee was tightening pipe wrench while replacing air pulse head on pulse rod. Wrench slipped, causing his hand to strike against a pulser. This resulted in a laceration to his left little finger and required sutures.
Employee was attempting to remove screw conveyor drive shaft with sledge hammer - handle cracked and caused him to strain his lower back.
Employee was demolishing old equipment. He was cutting strapping that supported some piping at about head level. The utility knife slipped and cut his left arm, requiring sutures.
Employee was using a shovel to clean out the chute under the J.C. Steele metering bin. The shovel got caught and smashed the employee's finger between the shovel handle and the trough.
Accident occured as EE was bent over under railcar in attempt to pry a stop chock away from the wheel of a rail car. Using a pry bar (12-15 lbs) swung the bar twisting his upper body and back.
While opening a bulk bag using as a trash bag, cut finger with a box cutter. Cut middle finger wihile holding bulk bag, as he was cutting the bag razor slipped and contacted finger.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING THE FEED BOX OF A VIBRATORY SCREEN UNIT WITH A LENGTH OF FLATBAR AS A SCRAPER. THE FLATBAR BECAME LODGED ON THE FEED BOX, SLIPPED AND CUT THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND.
USING HAMMER HE STRUCK LEFT SHIN.
REMOVING A ROTO VALVE WITH COME-A-LONG. PUSHED THE VALVE WITH HIS HAND THE VALVE SWUNG OUT PINCHING HIS HAND BETWEEN 2 FLANGES.
EE WAS REPAIRING GEARBOX AT K-1 DRYER. EE WAS HOLDING A PIECE OF PIPE WHICH WAS BEING USED AS ASPACER FOR TRYING TO DRIVE A DISC ON A SHAFT. ANOTHER EE WAS HITTING THE END OF THE PIPE WITH A S LEDGE HAMMER. A PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF, HITTING EE IN THE CHIN.
EMPLOYEE STRAINED RIGHT SHOULDER WHILE REPLACING MOTOR IN THE SCREENER ROOM. WHILE TIGHTENING BOLT, THE RATCHET BROKE.