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 attending annual safety retraining. During lunch break, two employees were "horse playing". EE attempted to pick up another employee and throw him over his shoulder. Both employees fell to the ground, causing EE to dislocate his hip.
Employee was servicing an escavator with hydraulic oil. The employee was standing on the tracks of the escavator when he lost his footing and fell to the gound. The employee landed on his shoulder. The bone in the shoulder was cracked, but not broken.
The employee was replacing the sieve screen holder on the cyclone refuse bin. His foot slipped and employee hit his chin on the sieve holder. The cut required 11 stitches.
Employee stated he was descending stairs, stepped from stair to floor, lost his balance and he fell causing him to sprain his ankle.
Lowering of tools (chain hoist) from a raised location to floor, when employee lost footing on platform and fell approx 2 ft. to floor. Sustained dislocation of left ankle and hairline fracture of bone in left foot.