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

8 matching records

Showing all 8
September 24, 1998 VA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE PINNED HIS LEFT ARM AGAINST THE CONTROLS WHEN DRILL STEEL WAS CROSS THREADED. OPERATOR ERROR WHEN CONTROLS WERE NOT PROPERLY OPERATED CAUSING STEEL TO SPRING OUT STRIKING OPERATOR WHILE IN ROTATION.

March 5, 1997 VA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor MACHINERY
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS GRINDING SOME METAL & THE GRINDER CAME OFF THE METAL & CUT MINERS LEFT KNEE CAP.

May 30, 1996 VA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE ADJUSTING CHAIN ON SPROCKET OF AIR TRACK DRILL. CHAIN MOVED CATCHING GLOVED HAND IN PINCH POINT.

June 7, 1994 VA · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM TOGGED A BEAM WITH A SLING LIFT WAS A BLIND LIFT WHERE BY CRANE OPERATOR WAS FOLLOWING THE TOGGERS SIGNALS BEGAN HOISTING UP WHEN SLING SLIPPED OUT WHICH ALLOWED THE BEAM TO STRIKE THE EMPLOYEE IN THE HEAD

April 1, 1989 VA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Culpeper Stone Company Inc · Struck by flying object

HELPING RELOCATE PUGMILL LIME BIN,I.NAME USING GRINDER.EXHAUST FROM GRINDER CAUSED DUST TO BLOW INTO I.NAME LEFT EYE.I.NAME WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AT TIME.

March 29, 1989 VA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
Culpeper Stone Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE USING A CUTTING TORCH AT THE JAW CRUSHER. HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON AN OVERHEAD I-BEAM.

March 20, 1989 VA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Culpeper Stone Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

HE WAS STATING THE LIME AUGER AT THE MILLL. HE GOT LIME DUST IN HIS EYES.

February 10, 1987 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Culpeper Stone Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS TIGH7ENING DOWN BOLTS WITH AN IMPACT WRENCH WHEN THE SWIEL SOCKET FLEW OFF AND HIT HIM IN THE FOREHEAD.

Showing all 8