Every injury and fatality MSHA has on file. Filter by state, year, sector, classification, experience, or any keyword from the investigator's narrative.
Email me when a new incident matches these filters. One confirmation email; unsubscribe anytime.
Employee was walking to EE's work location and felt something in EE's right eye. Wind and dust could have been a factor.
Employee was standing by foreman's truck waiting for shift to begin and have temperature taken when they passed out for unknown reasons. When they passed out they fell to the ground and struck head on small gravel resulting in a laceration. EE received hospital medical treatment to correct a medication imbalance that caused them to pass out.
An electrician was assisting with a drag rope change out on D32 Dragline when EE collapsed suddenly. The crew EE was working with immediately called for EMS, began CPR, and used an AED to shock the patient. The patient was transported by air to the hospital where EE was pronounced dead after continuing resuscitation efforts failed.
A maintenance employee experienced a possible heart attack while working in the shop at the mine. MSHA 1800 hotline was called to report the event. After further investigation the maintenance employee was diagnosed with a personal medical illness in which was not work related.
A mechanic was in the process of fueling the Komatsu Trackhoe from the lube truck. EE placed the fuel nozzle and hose on top the trackhoe handrail. EE climbed up on the trackhoe, squatted down to get the nozzle, and stood up. When the mechanic stood up, EE felt pain in EE's lower back.
EE WAS CLIMBING LADDER UP OUT OF REVOLVING FRAME WHEN HE LOOKED TO SEE IF ANYONE WAS COMING DOWN. DIRT FELL INTO HIS EYE.
EE WAS STUNG POSSIBLY BY A BLACK WIDOW SPIDER WHILE HE WAS IN A PORTABLE TOILET.
HEART PAIN (SUSPECTED HEART ATTACK). WHILE OPERATING A DOZER. EE HAS HISTORY OF HEART PROBLEMS SINCE OFF THE JOB HEART ATTACK. ANGIOPLASTY ON 7-20-95, HEART BY-PASS SURGERY ON 99-16-95. HAS HA D HEART RELATED PROBLEMS AND OFF AND ON RESTRICTED DUTY SINCE ORIGINAL OCCURANCE.
EE REPORTED ON 4-15-96 THAT HE DEVELOPED A BURNING SENSATION IN HIS LOWER BACK WHILE CONDUCTING COMPANY VOLUNTEER EXERCISES. DR.'S APPT. ON 4-23-96 PLACED EE ON RESTRICTED DUTY.
ATE LUNCH. WENT BACK TO WORK AND EXPERIENCED DIZZINESS.
EMPLOYEE WAS LEAVING THE AI AREA CRUSHER CONTROL ROOM TO BEGIN HAULING COAL WHEN HE WAS PUTTING ON HIS SAFETY GLASSES, SOMETHING FELL INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.
EE HAD BEEN PLUGGING AN OLD WATER WELL WITH CONCRETE AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF WASHING OUT THE PUMP AND PIPES. HE HAD BEEN SWINGING A HAMMMER TO BREAKK ON EOF HT ECONNECTIONS WHEN HE BEGAN FE ELING WEAK AND SWEATING. HE SSAT DOWN TO REST AND CHEST PAINS DEVELOPED ACCOMPANIED IWTH PAIN SIN HIS ARMS. THESE SYMMPTONS WERE RECONIZED BY EE AND EMERGENCY PROTOCAL ACTIONS WERE TAKEN.
EMPLOYEE PICKED UP A PIECE OF FIREBLANKET AND THAT HAD WELD SLAG ON IT.WIND BLEW THIS DIRT AND SLAG IN HIS FACE AND GOT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.
EE WAS REPAIRING THE TUBE OF A DRAGLINE BUCKET INSIDE THE BUCKET HOUSE. WELDING & GRINDING WAS BEING PERFORMED IN THE USUAL MANNER. IT WAS A VERY WINDY DAY & EE STATED HE REALLY DIDN'T KNOW WH EN THE PIECE OF METAL ENTERED HIS EYE. IT DIDN'TSTART TO BOTHER HIM UNTIL LATER THAT NIGHT.
A GUST OF WIND BLEW A FOREIGN PARTICLE IN EMPLOYEE'S LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS EATING TUNA AT BREAK TIME AND BROKE OUT IN A REACTION TO SOMETHING (POSSIBLY TUNA) OVER HIS RIGHT ARM, CHEST AND FACE.
WHILE CLEANING UP AROUND CRUSHER, A THUNDERSTORM BLEW IN, BLOWING DEBRIS AND SOME GOT IN HIS EYE.
WALKING BEHIND A DOZER CLEARING A SURVEY LINE WHEN A BUMBLE BEE NEST WAS DISTURBED.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS LIFTING A PIECE OF SCAFFOLD WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK UPON EXAMINATION BY PHYSICIAN IT WAS DETERMINED THE EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN BITTEN BY A SPIDER 1/2 INCH FROM THE CENTER OF HIS BACK (LOWER) THE EMPLOYEE WAS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR OBSERVATION BUT RECEIVED DRUGS INTRAVENOUSLY TO RELIEVE MUSCLE SPASMS CREATED BY THE SPIDERS VENOM
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING DOWN PAST THE CRUSHER WHEN HE SAID SOMETHING ENTERED AND IRRITATED HIS EYE.
WIND BLOWING DUST, DIRT IN AIR, ENTERED EYE.
EE STATED HE WAS CRAWLING ON TOP OF TUB AND WHEN HE STOOD UP HIS KNEE WAS HURTING.
WIND BLOWN FOREIGN MATTER IN LEFT EYE ON BUCKET REPAIR SITE.
WIND BLEW METAL DEBRIS IN L EYE DEBRIS WASHED OUT AT JOB SITE LEAVING RUST RING ON CORNEA REMOVED BY DOCTOR
EE WAS WORKING IN THE SHOP WHEN A SPIDER CRAWLED UP HIS PANT LEG AND BIT HIM ON HIS RIGHT HIP.
WHILE OPERATING A DOZER SOMETHING BLEW INTO INJURED EYE DR ISSUED PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION
EMPLOYEE RECEIVED SOMETHING IN HIS EYE FROM THE WIND WHILE HE WAS WORKING ON THE REAR SPRING OF THE TRUCK IN THE SHOP
WIND BLEW DEBRIS INTO LEFT EYE.METAL DEBRIS WAS WASHED OUT LEAVING RUST RING.DR REMOVED RUST RING FROM EYE.SAFETY GLASSES WERE IN USE.
LIFTING WOODEN PALLET SOMETHING BIT HIM ON R INDEX FINGER HAND AND FINGER WERE SWOLLEN
EMPL WAS FABRICATING BRACKETS & WIND ALLEGEDLY BLEW SOMETHING INTO HIS EYE.
MAN WAS WORKING IN CORNER GRINDING ON WELDS. HE THINKS WIND BLEW BEHIND FACESHIELD AN SAFTEY, FOREGIN BODY IN LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS TYING TO FREE UP A LIGHT PLANT MUFFLER WHEN A GUST OF WIND BLEW RSUT PARTICLES INTO HIS LEFT EYE.
EMPL HURT BACK WHILE BENDING OVER TO PICK PU 6" STRAP AND BEFORE PICKING UP STRAP.FOLLOW-UP REVEALED THAT INJ NOT DOING NORMAL MECHANICAL DUTIES.
EE WAS HELPING MECHANIC REMOVE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL SPINDLE FROM 22005 HAULER. HE THINKS THE WIND FBLEW THE DUST PARTICLE BEHIND HIS GLASSES AND INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. RESULTED IN IRRITATION TO RIGH T EYE CAUSING IT TO BE RED AND BLOODSHOT.
GETTING A DRINK OF WATER & BITE ON THE HAND BY A NON-POISONIOUS SNAKE
INCLEMENT WEATHER NECESSITATED A TEMPORARY COVER TO BE BUILT OVER THE WORK AREA. THE WINDS SUDDENLY INCREASED, CAUSING THE COVER TO COME APART, KNOCKING OVER A CONTAINER (3/4 GALLON) OF TRICHL ORETHYLENE, SPLASHING THE CHEMICAL ON THE WORKER AND GETTING IN HIS EYES.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN A VERY WINDY AREA AND SOME SAND BLEW INTO HSI LEFT EYE. HE HAD ON HIS SAFTY GLASSES, BUT SHOULD HAVE HAD ON TIGHT FITTING GOGGLES. SAND WAS NOT EMBEDDED, BUT HE RUBBE D HIS EYE AND RECEIVED A SMALL SCRATCH.
EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING CAOL WITH HAULER WHEN HE GOT SICK AND VOMITED.
WHILE DRIVING TO THE CRUSHER ON THE HAUL ROAD, THE WIND BLEW A SMALL PIECE OF COAL INTO EMPLOYEE S EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING IN HIS HAULER AND FELT A BURNING SENSATION ON THE LITTLE FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND THIS WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 6-8-88 HE WAS TAKEN TO THE DR AND WAS GIVEN AN ALLERGY SHOT AN D HELD FOR OBSERVATION FOR LESS THAN A DAY HE WAS NOT ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL THE DRS FULL REPORT WAS NOT RECEIVED UNTIL 6-20-88
EMPLOYEE WAS LOOKING UP PARTS IN A BOOK WHEN A SIPDER BIT HIM ON THE LEFT ARM.
FOREIGN OBJECT WAS BLOWN INTO LEFT EYE EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AND WELDING HOOD AT THE TIME
EMPLOYEE STATED3HE WAS WORKING IN TIGHT AREA AND WHEN HE TWISTED AROUND HE HURT HIS BACK.
AT APPROX. 11:30 AM, FOREMAN CARRIED HIM TO C#8 TO GET ON #24020 LOADER TO LOAD COAL. AS HE WAS WAITING FOR THE MAN HE WAS RELIEVING TO GET HIS LUNCH BOX, HE FELT A BITE IN THE RIGHT SIDE OF H IS GROIN, POSSI6LY A SPIDER BITE. THERE WAS SWELLING AND REDNESS. HE WAS GIVEN A SHOT AT THE EMPERGENCY ROOM.
LID ON TOOL BOX3FELL ON EMPLOYEE. HIGH WIND.
WIND BLEW DUST 5ND GRINDING PARTICLES INTO EMPLOYEES EYES WHILE GRINDING WELD OFF END OF MAST SUPPORT CABLES ON DRAGLINE.EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SHIELD AND GOGGLES.
EMPLOYEE EXPERI9NCED LOWER BACK PAIN WHILE INSPECTING THE MOTOR BRUSHES ON THE DRAGLINE.
A BUMBLE BEE FL9W INTO THE WINDOW OF THE EMPLOYEES HAULER AND STUNG HIM ON THE LOWER LEFT JAW.
EMPLOYEE FELT F5INT AND DIZZY AND SAID HE GOT HEAT EXHAUSTION THE DAY BEFORE. INITIAL DIAGNOSIS WAS HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE.
EMPLOYEE WAS TU9NING HIS HEAD TO WATCH SCRAPERS LOAD DIRT AND FELT SOMETHING PULL ON HIS NECK.