Every injury and fatality MSHA has on file. Filter by state, year, sector, classification, experience, or any keyword from the investigator's narrative.
EE WAS REACHING OVER THE TOP OF A FEED CHUTE TO INSERT A BOLT WHILE ANOTHER EE WHO WAS NOT AWARETHAT HIS HAND WAS IN THAT AREA, PASSED A LIT TORCH OVER THE BACK OF IT BURNING HIS HAND
May 7, 1998NM · Metal/Non-Metalwelder (shop)MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EE WAS DIRECTING THE CRANE OPERATOR IN LIFTING CONVEYOR'S COUNTERWEIGHT WHEN THE WEIGHT BECAME UNBOUND AND SWUNG OVER AND PINCHED HIS ANKLE BETWEEN THE COUNTER WEIGHT FRAME AND COUNTERWEIGHT.
September 19, 1996CA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
Calmat Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE TRYING TO REMOVE LOCKING PIN, THE HOPPER WAS BEING LIFTED BY A MECHANICAL SHOVEL. THE EE GOT HIS FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN THE PIN AND THE HOPPER.
September 6, 1996CA · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerMACHINERY
Calmat Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HOIST CABLE ON DRAGLINE BROKE. THE CABLE FELL DOWN THE BOOM AND STRUCK EE IN THE FACE.
July 1, 1996CA · Metal/Non-Metalgrader operator, roadgrader operatorMACHINERY
WHILE LOWERING TOOTH ON CHAIN TO UNPLUG JAW CRUSHER, MATERIAL MOVED, PULLING CHAIN DOWNWARD CAUSING HAND TO HIT I BEAM, FRACTURING RIGHT THUMB.
April 8, 1996CA · Metal/Non-Metalwelder (shop)MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS HOOKING UP RIGGING (LARGE SHACKLE) TO OVER-HEAD CRANE BLOCK WHEN HIS RIGHT THUMB BECAME SMASHED/PINCHED BETWEEN TWO OBJECTS. EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 4-12-96.
February 6, 1996CA · Metal/Non-Metalwelder (shop)MACHINERY
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING IN A AWKWARD POSITION AND A DROP OF HOT METAL FELL INTO HIS BOOT BURNING HIS LEFT FOOT. EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 2-15-96.
December 5, 1995CA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
EE WAS ON TOP OF PIT BANK PUSHING MATERIAL OFF A WALL WHEN THE WALL COLLAPSED UNDER THE MACHINE HE WAS OPERATING. IN THE ACCIDENT HE STRUCK A MIRROR MOUNTED INSIDE THE CAB AND HIS LEGS STRUCK THE CONTROL LEVERS AND PANEL CAUSING BRUISES TO BOTH LEGS AND A CUT ABOVE HIS RIGHT EYE.
October 4, 1995CA · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorMACHINERY
Calmat Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
CRANE OPERATOR EXTENDED BOOM WITHOUT LOWERING LOAD BLOCK. HE CONTINUED TO EXTEND BOOM UNTIL THE LOAD LINE BROKE STRIKING EE IN THE BACK.
August 29, 1995CA · Metal/Non-Metalwelder (shop)MACHINERY
Calmat Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE EE WAS CUTTING BROKEN ADAPTOR OFF CAT WITH TORCH, HE WAS HIT BY CHEST PAINS.
April 3, 1995CA · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerMACHINERY
Calmat Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
GRADUAL ONSET OF BACK INJURY FROM OPERATING A DOZER & OTHER HEAVY EQUIPMENT OVER A PERIOD OF 26 YEARS.
March 9, 1995CA · Metal/Non-Metalwelder (shop)MACHINERY
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A STEEL PLATE FROM A SHAKER SCREEN AT THE ROCK PLANT USING A CUTTING TORCH. WHEN CUT THROUGH, THE PLATE FELL, MASHING, & BREAKING THE TIP OF THE MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND.
October 25, 1994CA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
Calmat Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS REMOVING WEAR SEGMENTS FROM 988B BUCKET WITH A 1" IMPACT AIR GUN. THE PLOW BOLT FELL OUT OF KEYED SLOT AND STARTED SPINING WHICH CUT HIS ARM (WRIST).
EE WAS HOLDING A STEEL PLATE IN PLACE WHILE ANOTHER EE WAS WELDING, HIS ELBOW HIT THE WELDING TORCH CAUSING OXYGEN TO ESCAPE FROM THE WELDING SPARKS. THIS CAUSED THE TORCH TO BURN HIS LEFT ARM .
September 19, 1994CA · Metal/Non-Metalgathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operatorMACHINERY
Calmat Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS WORKING WITH A HYDRAULIC PRESS TO REMOVE SHAFT FROM A BEARING. UNEXPECTED MOVEMENT OF THE JACK ASSEMBLY WHILE BEING INSTALLED INTO POSITION CAUSED EE'S FINGER TO LODGE BETWEEN THE BOLT AND PLATE ASSEMBLY CUTTING THE TIP OF HIS RIGHT FINGER.
August 4, 1994AZ · Metal/Non-Metalwelder (shop)MACHINERY
TRYING TO REMOVE THE DRIVE SHEAVE FROM THE NEW ASH 12 X 14 PUMP. THE EARS OF THE BUSHIN GHA DBUSTED OFF AND THE EMPLOYEE WERE USING APORT A POWER AND PULLER TO TRY TO REMOVE THE SHEAVE. ONE OF THE BOLTS ON TE PULLER BROKE SHOOTING THE BOLT END OUT AND STRIKING ELMPLOYEE IN THE RIGHT CHIN.
June 7, 1994CA · Metal/Non-Metalwelder (shop)MACHINERY
EMPLOYEE WAS HAVING DIFFICULTY GETTING A GROUND ON THE PIECES HE WAS WELDING SO HE RAISED HIS DARK LENS TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. AT THAT TIME THE WELDING ROD ARCHED BURNING BOTH OF HIS EYE S.
September 28, 1993AZ · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON V-BELT AND WATCHING A FELLOW EMPLOYEE EMPLOYEE ASSISTING HIM.HIS HAND GOT TOO CLOSE THE THE PULLEY AND WAS DRAWN IN EQUIPMENT WAS DEENERGIZED AND LOCKED OUT PROPERLY.
August 24, 1993CA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
EMPLOYEE WAS CITTOMG WOTJ AOR ARC - STOPPED TO REPOSTION CABLE LEAD, TURNED TO STRUCK AN ARC WITH THE AIR ARC ROD AGAINST TRUCK BED, CAUSING VIEW OF EYE WITHOUT EYE PROTECTION.
November 30, 1992CA · Metal/Non-Metalwelder (shop)MACHINERY
EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING UP GUARD WITH LEFT HAND AND PROCEEDED TO WELD GUARD BRACKET. HE FLICKED WELDING HELMET DOWN; BUT BEFORE IT COVERED HIS EYES, THE WELDING ROD ARCED AGAINST TRUCK BODY.
October 15, 1992CA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
DR'S FIRST MEDICAL REPORT NOT RECEIVED UNTIL 10-9. EMPLOYEE WITH THE HELP OF ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A SKIRT ON THE FEEDER WHEN THE OTHER EMPLOYEE ACCIDENTLY RAN A LIT OXY-ACT TORCH OV ER THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT HAND BURNING HIS 3RD, 4TH, AND 5TH FINGERS ON THAT HAND.
June 13, 1992CA · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerMACHINERY
LYING ON BACK GRINDING OVERHEAD WITH SAFETY GLASSES ON, ELMPLOYEE REPORTED TO EMPLOYER THAT HE THOUGHT HE HAD SOMETHING IN HIS EYE BUT IT WAS NOT SERIOUS, LATER IN THE WEEK HE WENT TO HIS DOCT OR.
September 1, 1990CA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY
EMPLOYEE WAS REACHING UP TO GET A LIGHTED ACETYLENE TORCH WHICH WAS BEING PASSED TO HIM BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. THE HOSE WAS KINKED AND WHEN IT UNTWISTED THE TORCH SPUN AROUND BURNING EMPLOYEE.
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