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Every injury and fatality MSHA has on file. Filter by state, year, sector, classification, experience, or any keyword from the investigator's narrative.

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1983–2026
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September 23, 1983 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Crescent Hills Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

VICTIM WAS WORKING ON A LOCOMOTIVE THAT HE JUST PUT IN A SIDE SWITCH HE FORGOT TO THROW THE SWITCH BACK AN EMPTY TRIP OF CARS WERE BEING PUSHED NORMAL PRCTICE ON THE STRAIGHT BUT INSTEAD WENT THRU THE SWITCH AND RAMMED THE LOCOMOTIVE HOMER WAS KNOCKED ON THE GROUND BUT HIS LEFG TGOT PINCHED BETWEEN THE RAIL

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