EE WAS ASSISTING IN PLACING A PIPE TO BE WELDED HE PLACED 1 END ON THE BACK OF A D-3 DOZER & THEOTHER END WAS HELD ON AN EXCAVATOR. EXCAVATOR OPERATOR WENT TO HELP EE & WHEN HE STOOD HIS KNE E HIT A CONTROL WHICH CAUSED THE BOOM TO MOVE. THIS MOVED THE PIPE, WHICH CRUSHED EE'S RIGHT HAND & FINGER BETWEEN THE PIPE & CLAMP
Search the record
Every injury and fatality MSHA has on file. Filter by state, year, sector, classification, experience, or any keyword from the investigator's narrative.
- Total incidents
- 739,488
- Of which fatal
- 3,112
- Years on record
- 1983–2026
- Classifications
- 20
Alert me on this search
Email me when a new incident matches these filters. One confirmation email; unsubscribe anytime.
448 matching records
Showing 50 of 448DRILLING HOLE AND WIND BLEW CHIP IN AND AROUND GLASSES. WENT TO DR. AND HAD CHIP REMOVED
EE WAS USING A METAL JIG SAW TO CUT 16" METAL. MOTOR FAN ON JIG SAW BLEW SMALL PIECES OF METAL INTO RIGHT EYE. SAFETY GLASSES WERE IN USE AT TIME OF INCIDENT.
TRAMMING BOLTER WITH HEADACHE RACK IN DOWN POSITION BANGED HEAD & NECK. STIFF/SORE NECK. MISSED TIME AT WORK FOR RECOVERY
HOLE SAW KICKED BACK. FACE LACERATION.
EMPLOYEE WAS LUBRICATING THE FEED END OF BEARINGOF THE LIME MILL FEED SCREW CONVEYER WITH A HANDHELD GREASE GUN. WHILE LOOKING UP TO COMPLETE THE TASK, A PIECE OF DIRT OR LIME SCALE FELL INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING AN ELECTRIC DRILL AND DRILL BIT CAUGHT BACKING PLATE CAUSING DRILL TO SPIN. THE HANDLE HIT LEFT HAND AND FRACTURED HIS LEFT THUMB.
EE WAS USING A HAND GRINDER & WEARING SAFETY GLASSES. A PIECE OF METAL FROM THE GRINDING SPRAY LODGED IN RIGHT EYE
JACKLEG STEEL FELL OUT OF HOLE WHEN EE WAS INSTALLING DRIVER ON JACKLEG. FRACTURED RIGHT METACARPAL BEHIND LITTLE FINGER.
LOWERING RODS USING AN ELECTRICK CHAIN HOIST. THE LOOPE FROM THE CHAIN CAUGHT THE HOOK THAT WAS WRAPPED AROUND THE ROD CAUSING SLACK AND THE ROD TO DROP.
EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BOLTING A DRIFT ROUND WITH A JACKLEG. HE HAD STARTED BOLTING THE BACK WHEN A SLAB 8' X 4' X 1' FELL FROM THE WALL AND ROLLED ONTO HIS LEFT FOOT. MULTIPLE BROKEN BONES AND LACERATIONS OF THE LEFT FOOT.
PULLING CABLE HITCH WITH STEEL PULLER-FINGER IN WRONG PLACE. STITCHES IN LEFT INDEX FINGER.
USING CRANE TO LOAD DRILL STEEL. LOAD HAD BEEN MOVED TO BACK OF TRUCK, CHAIN SLIPPED OR CAME LOOSE, DRILL STEEL HIT EE.
DRILL WAS POSITION ON AN UP HOLE. THE WIRELINE RAN FROM THE BACK ON THE DRILL TO THE DRUM BELOW. THE WIRELINE CONTACTED THE EMPLOYEE'S ARM CAUSING A CUT THAT REQUIRED STITCHES.
JACKELGGING RUSTY BOLTS, GOT RUST IN LEFT EYE.
EE WAS COLLARING A HOLE, JACKLEG GOT AWAY AND STRUCK HIM IN THE HEAD.
DRILLING HOLE IN SHAFT GUIDE, DRILL BILL STUCK AND DRILL ROTATED OUT OF HAND AND STRUCK RIGHT FOREARM.
USING TUGGER ON PLATFORM, RIGHT RUNNING TUGGER, LEFT USING ROCK HOOK, TUGGER WENT TOO FAST AND LIFTED HIM OFF GROUND, LEFT HAND STILL ON HOOK.
CHECKING ROTATION OF IMPACT WRENCH, TRIGGER STUCK AND SWIVEL PIN BROKE. BROKEN PIN CAME OUT AND CUT LEFT HAND.
ROCKBOLTING, SPLIT SET DRIVER STUCK, EE REMOVED IT AND SCREEN FELL STRIKING HIM ON HEAD & SHOULDER .
BLOWPIPING HUNG UP ORE RAISE, BOULDER CAME DOWN HIT EDGE OF DOOR AND THREW FLY ROCK, PEPPERED RIGHT THIGH.
MUCKING, HIT A CABLE BOLT END THAT CAME INTO THE CAB AND STRUCK HIM IN THE FACE.
THE EE ALLEGED LONG TERM DRILLING ABOVE HIS HEAD CAUSED PROBLEMS IN HIS NECK. SURGERY WAS PERFORMED 2-8-97 AND THE DR. DETERMINED ON 4-4-97 THAT THE PROBLEM WAS WORK RELATED. THE DELAYIN THIS REPORT WASDUE TO WAITING FOR THE DR. S DECISION
REPAIRING DAMAGED CABLE WITHOUT DE-ENERGIZING, LOCKING AND TAGGING THE CIRCUIT. ONE CABLE SHORTED OUT CAUSING 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO FOUR FINGERS ON RIGHT HAND.
HE WAS DRILLING AND FELT PAIN IN HIS RT SHOULDER. THIS INCIDENT IS DELAYED IN REPORTING BECAUSE HE JUST WENT LT DUTY IN ORDER FOR THE SHOULDER TO RECOVER.
BOLTING, STEEL BROKE, CAME OUT OF HOLE AND STRUCK HIM ABOVE THE RIGHT EYE, STITCHES.
DRILLING, STEEL BROKE SLID OUT OF HOLE & CUT HIM ON THE NECK.
MACHINING BRASS BUSHING. PIECE OF BRASS WENT BEHIND GLASSES AND INTO EYE.
PIECE OF ROCK IN EYE.
WHILE OPERATING AN AIR GUN WITH A 1-1/2" SOCKET ATTACHED, THE EE WAS CUT BY THE SOCKET. THE EE WAS REMOVING A PLUG FROM A TANK WHEN THE SOCKET BECAME LOOSE AND CAME OFF AIR GUN.
BOLTING DECLINE DRIFT, PUSHIGN BOLT UP TO BACK AND FELT SHARP PAIN IN THE GROIN AREA. THIS INDIVIDUAL HAD SURGERY 10-2-96. FIRST SHIFT MISSED 10-1-96.
DRILLING HOLES, 6' STEEL BROKE, MACHINE SPUN ANDPULLED ON RIGHT ARM STRAINING THE RIGHT SHOULDER
EE WAS CLEANING ON WELD, GOT UP AND WALKED AWAY, AND FELT SOMETHING IN LT. EYE, FOREIGN MATERIAL IN EYE.
MUCKING, BOLT SNAPPED OUT OF PILE AND HIT HIMIN THE FACE, STITCHES.
PIECE OF ROCK GOT INTO LEFT EYE.
BLOWPIPING DUMP, ROCK WENT UNDER SHIELD AND INTO EYE.
DURING THE WORKDAY, EMPLOYEE GOT DEBRIS IN EYE. SPECIFIC DUTIES THAT WERE BEING PERFORMED INCLUDED, WELDING, CHIPPING, AND WIRE BRUSHING.
WHILE CLEANING A COPPER SULFATE PUMP AT THE FLOTATION PLANT, AN EMPLOYEE WAS BURNED WITH STEAM.
WHILE BEING LOADED BY THE HYDRAULIC SHOVEL, AN EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A NECK SPRAIN WHEN THE SH9OVEL BUCKET HIT THE 777 HAUL TRUCK HE WAS OPERATING.
SOMETIME DURING THE DAY, THE EMPLOYEE GOT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE. THE EMPLOYEE IRRITATED THE EYE BY RUBBING THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THE EMPLOYEE STATES THAT DURING THE MORNNG HE HAD BEEN GRINDING , WELDING AND IN THE OUTSIDE ELEMENTS.
WHILE USING THE RADIAL ARM SAW, AN EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A SPLINTER IN HIS FINGER FROM THE TABLE.
DRILL LONGHOLE, MACHINE CAME OFF STEEL, STEEL STRUCK HIM ABOVE THE RIGHT EYEBROW. LACERATION.
AFTER STARTING THE BACKHOE, THE EE TURNED ON THE AIR CONDITIONER AND DEBRIS FROM THE AIR VENTS ENTERED HIS EYE. EE STATES WEARING HIS PPE (SAFETY GLASSES).
HIGH PRESSURE HOSE FROM THE COMPRESSOR TO THE CRAWLER BLEW APART AT COUPLING ON CRAWLER SIDE. STRUCK HIM IN THE HEAD, HAND AND LEG. FRACTURED HAND AND LEG.
PAIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER- WAIST- ARM FROM OPERATING HEAVY EQUIPMENT OVER THE YEARS.
HELPER HAD HAND ON FEED FRAME WHILE GUIDING ROD INTO HOLE. DRILLER ADVANCED FEED, UNAWARE HELPER'S HAND WAS ON FRAME, PINCHING RT MIDDLE FINGER OF HELPER. TOOK HELPER TO EMERGENCY ROOM WHERE F INGER REQUIRED STITCHES. *FINGER BECAME INFECTED, HAD TO AMPUTATE TIP OF FINGER 10-24-95. LAST DAY OF WORK WAS 10-22-95.
BOLTING, A PIECE OF ROCK BROKE LOOSE, SLID DOWN THE STEEL HITTING EE ON THE LEFT ARM AND HAND.
WHILE ROCKBOLTING A ROCK CAME LOOSE, BOUNCED BACK AND PUNCTURED HIM IN LEFT UPPER LEG.
LOOKING DOWN HOLE LOWERING RODS, AIR VALVE ACCIDENTLY KICKED ON BLOWING SAND AND DRILLINGS INTO EYE.
FINISHED DRIVING A SPLIT BOLT TOOK A STEP BACK & A PIECE OF QUARTZ HIT HIM ON THE HARD HAT & THEN IN THE ARMS