MAN WAS CLEANING PARTS ON A GEAR REDUCTION BOX WITH A SOLVENT SPRAYER WHEN MATERIAL BEING CLEANED BLEW BACK INTO FACE UNDER SAFETY GLASSES LEAVING A METAL PARTICLE IN HIS RIGHT EYE.
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.
3 matching records
Showing all 3WHILE CHANGING JAW DIE, THE RIGHT CHEEK PLATE GAVE WAY WHEN HE WAS ALIGNING JAW DIE. HE TURNED TO CATCH IT WHICH RESULTED IN STRAINED MUSCLES.
CRANE OPERATOR HAD LIFTED PARTS OUT OF JAW CRUSHER AND SWUNG BOOM TO THE LEFT TO LOWER PARTS TO GROUND BOOM WAS DESCENDING FAST AND W HEN OPERATOR WAS REACHING FOR BRAKE LEVER HE THINKS HE M MUST HAVE HIT OR PULLED THE SWING LEVER WHICH SWUNG THE BOOM TO THE RT AND PINNED THE INJURFED PERSON