Mining Incidents

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
739,207
Of which fatal
3,111
Years on record
1983–2026
Classifications
20
Filters 2 active
Time period
Experience at time of incident

Alert me on this search

Email me when a new incident matches these filters. One confirmation email; unsubscribe anytime.

The record

39 matching records

Showing all 39
June 16, 1993 NV · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Round Mountain Gold Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE DRILLING BACK STARTED HURTING; HE BELIEVES THAT THIS IS DUE TO A PREVIOUS ACCIDENT.

May 5, 1992 WY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Tenneco Minerals Company · Flash burns (welding)

25365DARY INFECTION TO EYE DUE TO INITIAL ARC WRENCH FLASH BURN THE LENS IN THE HOOD LEAKED LIGHT CAUSING FLASH BURN TO EYES

April 16, 1992 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Tenneco Minerals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING PIPE HANDRAIOL WITH A HAND GRINDER-WHEN THE PIPE WAS CUT IT 'BOUND' ON THE BLADE CAUSING IT TO KICK BACK. THE BLADE CUT THE EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT FOREARM.

March 30, 1992 WY · Metal/Non-Metal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Tenneco Minerals Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPL INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS-NOTICED THE RUBBER WATER SEAL WAS DISPLACED WHILE FIXING THE SEAL WITH RIGHT HAND AND HOLDING THE DRILL STEEL WITH LEFT HAND.LOST BALANCE CAUSING FALL FORWARD SMASHI NG TIP OF FINGER REQUIRING TIP OF RIGHT INDEX FINGER TO BE AMPUTATED BY DR.

March 6, 1992 WY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Tenneco Minerals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING ON A HANDRAIL WITH A 4" GRINDER. INJURED STOPPED TO ADJUST THE HANDRAIL, IN DOING SO HIS GRINDER BOUNCED FORWARD STRIKING HIS LEFT THUMB.

March 3, 1992 WY · Metal/Non-Metal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Tenneco Minerals Company · Struck by falling object

EE WAS INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT WHEN A SLAB FROM THE MINE ROOF FELL FROM BETWEEN THE BOLTS HITTING HIM ON THE BACK PUSHING HIM FORWARD INTO THE CONTROLS OF THE ROOF BOLTER.

February 24, 1992 WY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Tenneco Minerals Company · Struck by flying object

EE GOT FOREIGN BODY IN LEFT EYE WHILE CUTTING A GRINDING.

December 9, 1991 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Tenneco Minerals Company · Struck by flying object

EE SUSPECTS FOREGIN BODY GOT IN LEFT EYE WHILE WELDING AND GRINDING 20 INCH DUCT.

November 9, 1991 WY · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
Tenneco Minerals Company · Struck by flying object

WORKING NEAR WELDERS A FRAGMENT OF STEEL FROM A GRINDING WHEEL SHOT PAST EMPL SAFETY GLASSES WITH SIDE SHIELDS PENETRATING RIGHT EYE.

August 5, 1991 WY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Tenneco Minerals Company · Struck by flying object

RUNNING ELECTRIC GRINDER WHEN METAL PARTICLE ENTERED RT EYE

July 26, 1991 WY · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Tenneco Minerals Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE SUSPECTED THIS OCCURRED WHILE BACKGRINDING A 10" PIPE WELD WITH A 4" HAND-HELD GRINDER.

January 16, 1991 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Tenneco Minerals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ANOHER EMPLOYEE REMOVED A COVER OF A AIR CLASSIFIER. EMPLOYEES OPENED COVER AND THEN REALIZED THEY HAD OPENED WRONG CLASSIFIER. IN A ATTEMPTED TO REPLACE COVER IT STRUCK A ROTATING ASEMBLY KNOCKING COVER INTO KNEE OF INJURED.

July 19, 1990 WY · Metal/Non-Metal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator MACHINERY
Tenneco Minerals Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUTTING ROOF BOLT INTO BACK. OTHER OPERATOR CLOSED CENTRALIZER CATCHING EMPLOYEE'S HAND.

June 28, 1990 NV · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Tenneco Minerals Company · Struck by falling object

DRILLING AND BREAKING STEAL OUT OF HOLE LOOKED UP METAL FELL IN L EYE

June 4, 1990 NV · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Tenneco Minerals Company · Struck by flying object

WHILE DRILLING DIRT PARTICLE BLEW UNDER SAFTEY GLASSES INTO EYE.

May 7, 1990 WY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Tenneco Minerals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TIPS ON LANCE HAD BECOME PLUGGED BROUGHT WAND OUT OF VESSEL WAS HOLDING ONTO LANCE BY TIP IN LEFT HAND WHILE USING TIP CLEANER IN RIGHT AFTER CLEANING TIP INJURED TRIED FEATHERING FOOT VALVE A LITTLE WATER WOULD FLUSH DEBRI OUT OF TIP. VALVE CAME FULLY ON CAUSING JETS TO BLAST WATER INTO HAND.

April 30, 1990 WY · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
Tenneco Minerals Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS USING AIR TUGGER TO HOIST O2 BOTTLE. THE CHOKER SLIPPED OFF, CYLINDER FALL HITTING EMPLOYEE IN BOTH CALVES.

June 2, 1989 WY · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Tenneco Minerals Company · Struck by falling object

THE ROOM HAD BEEN CUT TOO HIGH INTO THE TOP ROCK CAUSING AN UNSAFE CONDITION THE TOP FELL COVERING PORTION OF MINER & THE FOREMAN WHO WAS NEARBY

April 27, 1989 UT · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Tenneco Minerals Company · Flash burns (welding)

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING IN JAW CRUSHER WITH AIR ARC. WAS WORKING IN A VERY TIGHT AREA. WAS TRYING TO GET INTO A POSITION SO HE COULD SEE WHAT HE WAS CUTTING. THE TOP OF THE AIR ARC ROD TOUCHED TH E BEAM AND ARCED ABOUT 12" FROM HIS EYES. DIDN'T HAVE HOOD DOWN BECAUSE HE WAS NOT READY. HE RECEIVED A WELDING FLASH.

March 14, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper MACHINERY
Round Mountain Gold Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED WAS REMOVING J WRENCH OFF OF DRILL STEEL WHEN STEEL BEGAN TO ROTATE,PINCHING HIM IN THE MID SECTION.

November 3, 1987 WY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Tenneco Minerals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE GRINDING 5 CRACK IN A WELD, FOREIGN OBJECT GOT IN RIGHT EYE. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES WITH SIDE SHIELDS AND A GRINDING FACE SHIELD.

June 24, 1987 WY · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator MACHINERY
Tenneco Minerals Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

OPERATOR WAS TR5MMING ROOF BOLTER BETWEEN RIB AND TAIL PIECE AND CONTROLS HIT THE RIB CAUSING BOLTER TO GO OUT OF CONTROL,CRUSHING OPERATOR BETWEEN BOLTER AND RIB.

September 18, 1986 WY · Metal/Non-Metal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Tenneco Minerals Company · Struck by falling object

MENER OPERATOR 4AS SUMPING INTO FACE WHEN HE WAS STRUCK IN THE FOREHEAD BY A ROCK REQUIRING PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL CARE AND SUTURES

September 17, 1986 WY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Tenneco Minerals Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME PLACED H3S LEFT AHND ON A RUNNING PUMP BELT TO SEE IF THE BELT HAD DRESSING ON IT. CAUSING HIS THUMB TO BE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE V-BELT & PUMP SHEAVE. INJURY REQUIRING PROFESSIONAL MEDIC AL CARE LOST TI4E & LIGHT DUTY.

September 5, 1986 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Tenneco Minerals Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS AS8IGNED WITH FELLOW WORKER TO CLEAN SHRIVER PRESSES ON A CYANIDE LEECHING CIRCUIT HE ALLEDGED HE LOOSENED A LOCK NUT WHICH MUST BE DONE TO OPEN THE PRESS HE FININSHED LOOSENING THE NUT HE THEN3TOLD THE OTHER EMPLOYEE HE WAS FINISHED AND POINTED AT THE NUT THE OTHER EMPLOYEE RELEASED A JACK WHICH CLOSED THE PRESS PINCHING HIS LEFT FINGER WHICH HE PROMPTLY REMOVED FR

April 25, 1986 WY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Tenneco Minerals Company · Struck by falling object

AFTER CUTTING M9TEL WITH A TORCH VIRGIL REMOVED HIS CUTTING GOGGLES.SLAG FROM A WELDING OPERATION OVER HEAD FELL STRIKING METEL DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF VIRGILS FACE IMBEDING A SMALL PIECE IN HIS RIGHT EYE REQUI9ING PERSONAL MEDICAL CARE.

March 17, 1986 WY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Tenneco Minerals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE ADJUSTING3THE CARBUTETOR ON WELDING MACHINE I NAME RECEIVED LACERATIONS ON RIGHT EINDEX FINGER AND MIDDLE AND LITLE FINGERS WHEN HIS RIGHT HAND CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE FAN BLADES ON TH RUNNING ENGINE 9EQUIRING PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL CARE SUTURES AND LIGHT DUTY

November 4, 1985 NV · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Tenneco Minerals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS GIVEN A TASK OF GRINDING A WELD. EE STARTED TO GRIND WELD WHEN HE WAS STRUCK IN T HE LEFT EYE BY A SMALL PIECE OF SLAG. EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AT T IME OF ACCIDENT.

June 13, 1985 WY · Metal/Non-Metal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Tenneco Minerals Company · Struck by falling object

I.NAME WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A DRILL STEEL WHICH HAD HUNG-UP IN ROOF SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO BACK OF RT HAND WHEN DRILL STEEL UNEXPECTEDLUFELL REQUIRING PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL CARE AND LIG HT DUTY

May 28, 1985 WY · Metal/Non-Metal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Tenneco Minerals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE ASSISTING IN A BOLTING OPERATION I NAME STEPED ASIDE AND LEANED AGAINST THE RIB TO GIVE THE BOLTER ROOM TO TRAM TO THE RIGHT IN DOING SO I NAME LEFT FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE RIB, AND RUN OV ER BY THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE OF THE BOLTER RESULTING IN A CONTUSION TO THE TOP OF THE LEFT FOOT REQUIRING PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL CARE AND LIGHT DUTY.

February 17, 1985 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Tenneco Minerals Company · Struck by flying object

I NAME SUSTAINED ABRASIONS TO THE RIGHT EYE BALL WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SWITCH THE AIR DRYER TOWERS IN THE PROCESS PLANT AS THE AIR BLOWERS STARTED THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE BOTTOM OF A DISCHARGE L EW DUST AND DEBRI FROM THE FLOOR INTO HIS EYE BILL RECEIVED FIRST AID THEN TRANSPORTED FOR PROFESSIONAL TREATMENT.

October 21, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Tenneco Minerals Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE WELDING WARE PLATES ON BUCKET TEETH A PIECE OF SLAG FEEL IN LEFT SHOE. STINGER WAS DROPPED ON WORK BENCH CAUSING IT TO SHORT OUT IN TURN BURNING OFF GROUND LEAD AT CLAMP WHILE SITTING ON BENCH TO REMOVE SLAG FROM SHOE HE SAT ON THE HOT GROUND CLAMP BURNING HIS BUTTOCKS.

October 13, 1984 WY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Tenneco Minerals Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

I.NAME WALKING DOWN TRUCK LANE IN CENTER OF PROCESS PLANT WHEN EXPANSION HOINT FAILED ON PUMP DURING PUMP SHUT DOWN.I.NAME SPRATYED WITH HOT PROCESS LIQUOR REC\D 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO HI S BACK.CURRENTLY ON LIGHT DUTY.

September 27, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Tenneco Minerals Company · Struck against a moving object

OPERATOR WAS RIPPING AND DOZING A HARD NOB ALL AFTERNOON. BY THE END OF THE DAY HIS NECK AND BACK WAS STIFF, CONSTANT LOOKING OVER HIS SHOULDER. THE NEXT DAY HE WENT TO THE DR, WHO FOUND TORN

February 2, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Tenneco Minerals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

IN CUTTING TRACK FROM DOZER, TRACK PARTED WITH A SIDEWAYS MOTION GRAZING EMPLOYEES LEG. X-RAYED CONFIRMS BRUISE. NO LOST TIME.

September 20, 1983 WY · Metal/Non-Metal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Tenneco Minerals Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MOVING BOLTER AROUND CORNER AND TIRE STRUCK ROCK CAUSING BOOM TO SWING TURNING TO ESCAPE BOOM TWISTED LEFT KNEE.

January 4, 1983 WY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Tenneco Minerals Company · Struck by flying object

FOREGIN OBJECT IN EYE. EMPLOYEE DOES NOT KNOW HOW OBJECT ENTERED HIS EYE. IT JUST STARTED TO BOTHER HIM.

Showing all 39