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 cleaning out the maintenance truck, bent over to pick something up and felt a sharp odd sensation in lower back.
Employee was walking through locker room to access time clock for punching in and collapsed after experiencing breathing problems. Employee was transported to local hospital where the employee's condition worsened and employee eventually passed away. Cause of death listed as respiratory arrest.
Employee was operating water operated cannon. While having the water pressure adjusted, the water stream changed striking a metal beam which caused water to splash back onto employee. This startled the employee and ee involuntarily through up arms in response. Employee states pain began in left shoulder after this incident.
Employee was working outside underneath a conveyor line when ee felt a bug crawling under pant leg. EE tried to kill it but it stung ee before ee could. Having a bee sting allergy and having seen it was a bee, employee administered an emergency epi-pen that ee kept on site.
Employee with a known severe allergy to bee/wasp stings reported to supervisor that EE thought EE got bit or stung by something. EE did not see anything but felt a pain in EE's shoulder. After approximately 10-15 minutes, employee began experiencing adverse symptoms so EE decided to self inject EE's epi-pen that EE kept on site. Employee taken to hospital for observation.