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.
WORKING ON A TRUCK & STEPPED BACKWARD WHEN THE BED OF THE TRUCK WAS BEING LOWERED STEPPING ON AN OLD SEAT CAUSING ME TO FALL
WALKING FROM GUARD SHACK TO DRY AND SLIPPED ON ICE JARRING LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN THE RAMP RT AFTER THE ROAD HAD BEEN WATERED & HE SLIPPED & FELL ON IS RT SHOULDER HE REPORTED IT THAT DAY AFTER NOT GETTING BETTER HE WENT TO THE DOC ON 04-09-94 ALSO HIS NECK STARTED TO HURT HE IS ON RESTRICTED DUTY UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
HE SUB-CONTRACTOR FOR SELLAND CONSTRUCTION ROD UP TRAILER UP WHILE DUMPING LOAD. HE WAS ON BACK OF TRAIELR AND MOVED TO THE SIDE WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL APPROX 10-12 FEET TO THE GROUND.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING UP ON JUMBO WITH OILY HANDS & SLIPPED FALLING BACKWARDS STRIKING ELBOW ON STEEL HYDRAULIC TANK.
CHECKING FURTHER AT BALL MILL DISCHARGE WHEN SLURRY LINE BROKE UNDER GATING. EMPLOYEE BACKED UP TRIPPING OVER GRATING AND FALLING ONTO HIS RIGHT HIP AND HAND.
PICKED UP TOOLS AND STARTED TO STEP OVER ROPE WHEN FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING EE TO FALL TO GROUND ONTO RIGHT KNEE.
REPLACING HOSE ON LAROX EQUIPMENT- STANDING ON PLATFORM- STEPPED BACKWARDS ONTO LADDER AND HIT HAND ON HANDRAIL- HAND HAD RECENTLY HAD MINOR SURGERY- LOST BALANCE AND TWISTED LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED OFF THE BACK END OF GETMAN US-2 AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
STEPPED ON TRACTOR RUNNING BOARD WHEN FOOT SLIPPED IN RUNNING BOARD EMPLOYEE STEPPED BACK AND GRABBED RAIL TO BRACE SELF AND STRAINED LOWER BACK.
OUTSIDE SURFACE,MOVING A 6X6 TIMBER 12'LONG FEET WERE IN MUD AND WHEN HE WENT TO TURN,FEET WERE STUCK IN THE MUD THROWING HIM OFF BALANCE STRAINING HIS BACK.
STEPPING DOWN OF CM FOOT SLIPPED OFF FELL ON L FOOT
STEPPED OFF DECK AND TAKING A FEW STEPS AND FOOT SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM.HE FELL AND HIT HIS HEAD ON THE RIB.
WAS HANGING 4-INCH PIPE WHEN FOOTING WAS LOST AND STRAINED LOWER BACK.
STEPPED ON GRAVEL AND GROUND SANK IN 6 INCHES TO 8 INCHES. FELL ON TO HIS KNEE.
TAKING SLIME LEVEL READING ON CON THICKENER, WAS GOING TO GET INTO DIFFERENT POSITION, STEPPED WRONG ON LEFT FOOT AND FELT SHARP PAIN IN KNEE.
CLIMBING DOWN FROM PUGMILL TO TRUCK BAL WHEN LEFT FOOT SLIPPED OFF 5TH RUNG FROM THE BOTTOM AND FELL APPROXIMATELY 4 1/2 FT SPRAINING IT.
HE SLIPPED WHILE WORKING FROM 12IN WIDE TIMBER USED FOR CATWALK OVER A SMALL SUMP THIS SUMP WAS BUILT & USED FOR WATER CONTAINMENT DURING BACKFILL OPERATIONS THE SUMP WAS NEARLY EMPTY WHEN EMP LOYEE FELL
WENT TO STEP OFF WAGNER 8 YD LHD & FOOT SLIPPED FROM STEP & HE FELL TO GROUND LANDING ON WRIST WHILE TRYING TO CATCH HIMSELF.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING STEAM CLEANER TO CLEAN OUT BACK HOE BUCKET. HE SLIPPED ON THE FLOOR AND PRESSURE WAND GOT CAUGHT ON TOP OF SHOE, BURNING HIS FOOT.
PENDING CONCLUSIONS OF INVESTIGATION.
EMPL WALKING OUT OF HOIST HOUSE,SLIPPED ON SMALL PATCH OF ICE STRAINING BACK MUSCLES.JUST REPORTED 8-27-90.
EMPLOYEE WAS COMING DOWN THE STAIRS AND TRIPPED ON THE LAST STEP AND LANDED ON HIS RIGHT ELBOW.
AFTER PARKING THE TRAIN AT OVERPASS I WALKED ALONGSIDE MOTOR, STEPPED OVER DRAWBAR, TOOK SOME STEPS AND LEFT FOOT SLIPPED TURNING INWARD SHARPLY. I FELL DOWN AND WAS UNABLE TO BEND FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOTCREATING IN 880 BRAD AND WENT TO MOVE MATERIAL HOSE TO GET A KINK OUT OF THE HOSE WHEN HE SLIPPED ON SHOTCRETE, REBOUNDING AND SLIPPING INTO MUD HOLE TWISTING LEFT KNEE.
THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO GET A HOSE OUT OF A SUMP WHEN HE SLIPPED AND PUT HIS RIGHT FOOT IN THE SUMP. THE SUMP WAS FULL OF CEMENT AND WATER. THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT CLEAN OUT HIS BOOT B EFORE GOING BACK TO WORK.
JUMPED OFF A 3FT HIGH CONVEYOR BELT AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE PULLING SOME LIGAMENTS..
CLIMB UP ON D6 DOZER TRACK TO SERVICE IT SLIPPED ON MUD ON TRACK FELL OFF BACK LANDING ON L LEG.
PULLING RODS STACKED A ROD AGAINST A RIB. HE TURNED TO GERT ANOTHER ROD AND STUMBLED AGAIST A STACK OF RODS INJURING HIS THUMB.
INJ EMPL CARRYING 6" X 6" X 6' TIMBER WHEN HE SLIPPED.TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF WHICH CAUSED HIM TO PULL HIS BACK MUSCLE.
CHECKED TRANSMISSION OIL LEVEL CLIMBING DOWN OFF OF MUCKER FROM FENDER FT SLIPPED OUT FOMR UNDER CAUSING HIM TO FALL 6' GROUND HIT BACK AND R WRIST WHEN LANDED.
THE INJURED HAD JUST FINSIHED WASHING HIS HAULAGE TRUCK AND HAD CLIMBED UP ON TO THE TRUCK FENDER TO REACHY THE WATER VALVE. HE SLIPPED AND FELL JAMMING HIS FINGER.
EE WAS INSTALLING GROUND SUPPORT ROOF BOLTS. HE TRIED TO CRAWL OUT OF THE BOOM BASKET WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND LANDING ON HIS KNEES.
THE INJURED WAS WALKING TO HIS CAR FROM WORK AREA AFTER SHIFT HAD ENDED WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON SOME ICE, STRAINING HIS BACK.
INJURED WAS SERVICING AN AIR COMPRESSOR WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL ONTO HIS BACK. HE WAS DIAGNOSED BY A PHYSICIAN AS HAVING A BACK STRAIN. THREE WEEKS LATER HE SOUGHT TREATMENT BY A CHIROPRACTIC PHYSICIAN.
OPERATOR WAS FILLING RADIATOR ON A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. WHEN HE FINISHED HE STEPPED OFF OF THE FRONT BUMPER AND SPRAINED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
EMPL GETTING OUT OF LOADING BASKET AND WALKING DOWN TO GET POWDER.ON WAY BACK UP BOOM,I.NAME SLIPPED & FELL ON BOOM THEN ROLLED OFF LANDING COUPLE OF FEET BELOW IN BOXES OF POWDER STORED ON PO WDER TRUCK.
INJURED EMPL WAS STANDING IN BACK OF TRACTOR AS IT WAS TRAVELING UP HILL WHEN REAR GATE OF MAN CARRIER CAME OPEN & HE FELL OUT ON TO ROADWAY.
INJURED EMPL WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM HOOD OF TRUCK AFTER CHECKING OIL TO DRIVERS CAB. HE STEPPED ONTO SEAT & CUSHION FLIPPED & CAUSED HIM TO FALL ONTO EDGE OF CAB & STIKE WRIST. RESULTED IN HAIRLINE CRACK OF WRIST BONE.
I.NAME CLIMBED 8OWN FROM PIECE OF EQUIP AT QUITTING TIME.DIDNT TAKE TIME TO GET GOOD FOOTHOLD AND GRIP ON HAND RAIL.ANOTHER FACTOR WAS THEY WERE SHOTCRETEING AND WATER WAS SHUT OFF CAUSING IT TO BE EXTREMEL2 DUSTY.
I,NAME WAS WORK3NG ON AN UNSTABLE STAGING WHILE PUTTING TIMBER IN. THE STAGING GAVE WAY AND I,NAME FELL RESULTING IN HIM JAMMING HIS RIGHT THUMB. HE WAS GIVEN PRESCRIPTION MEDICINE--DOLIPID.
ICY WALKWAY EMP5OYEE SLIPPED TRYING TO CATCH HIMSELF AND CUT HIS RT THUMB IN DOING SO
WALKING DOWN ST5IRS OUTSIDE WHEN FOOT SLIPPED OFF LAST STEP AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE.RX DRUGS .OCCURRED DURING SNOW STORM.
COLD, WET WEATH9R RESULTING IN ICY CONDITIONS ON WALKWAYS. EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED ON AN ICY PATCH WHICH CAUSED HIM TO LAND ON HIS LEFT KNEE. CONTUSION TO THE KNEE RESULTED IN STIFFNESS, SORENESS AND T2E KNEE UNABLE TO TAKE FULL WEIGHT WHILE STANDING.
I,NAME WAS ATTE4PTING TO CLIMB ONTO A LOADER. HE HAD WALKED THROUGH SOME OIL WHICH WAS ON THE GROUND. HE SLIPPED STEPPING ONTO THE MACHINE TWISTING HIS KNEE.
EMPLOYEE SLIPPE8 ON ICE WHILE CARRYING 50 GAL DRUM. INJURED SHOULDER WHILE TRYING TO CATCH DRUM. LATER LOST HIS FOOTING ON MAST AND SHOULDER TOOK HIS WEIGHT.
EMPLOYEE WAS CL3MBING LADDER AND SLIPPED OFF DRILL
WALKING INTO TH9 ELECTRICIANS SHOP UNDERGROUND TRIPPED OVER SOME LOOSE ROCKS IN FRONT OF THE DOOR WAY,TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE AND FELL ON HIS RIGHT KNEE.
WHILE HANDLING 4ATERIAL EMPLOYEE WITH HAND INSIDE OF PIPE SLIPPED ON OILY SURFACE OF EQUIPMENT AND FELL. HANGING HIMSELF BY THE WRIST AND FOREARM. THIS ACTION CAUSED A WRENCHING AND TWISTING CONDICTION TO 7HE FOREARM AND WRIST WHICH WAS STILL IN THE PIPE.
WALKING UP HILL3IN MUD AND SLIPPED AND HURT BACK.