Mining Incidents

Search the record

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

Total incidents
739,207
Of which fatal
3,111
Years on record
1983–2026
Classifications
20
Filters 2 active
Time period
Experience at time of incident

Alert me on this search

Email me when a new incident matches these filters. One confirmation email; unsubscribe anytime.

The record

39 matching records

Showing all 39
November 5, 1992 KY · Coal longwall operator, chock operator, shear operator, plow operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Fall onto or against objects

THE SKID SHOE WAS LAYING ON TOP OF SHIELD TO BE PUT ON. GOB HAD GOTTON ON IT COVERING IT UP. WHEN EE STEPPED ON IT, THE GOB GIVE CAUSING HIM TO FALL AGAINST SHIELD HURTING LEFT SHOULDER AND AR M. EMPLOYEE DID NOT MISS WORK UNTIL 3-8-93. REASON LATE-WAS NOT SURE HE WAS OFF OVER INJURY.

October 8, 1992 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING A SHIELDMAN ON THE LONGWALL SECTION AND WAS GOING AFTER BOLTS FOR THE SHEAR AND WHEN HE GOT TO #1 SHIELD HE SLIPED IN MUD HITTING HIS RIGHT KNEE ON THE HEAD DRIVER CAUSING PAIN IN HIS LOWER PART OF THE BACK.

August 15, 1992 KY · Coal rock duster SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ROCKDUSTING 8 HEAD & 7 TAIL, SLIPPED OFF OF BANK FELL INTO TAIL HOLE STRIKING HIS LEFT KNEE, LEG GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BANK & WATERLINE, LEG BENT.

June 23, 1992 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON TRACK SIDE OF #5 TAIL PIECE HELPING PULL THE BELT-HIS HOLD ON THE BELT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARDS LANDING ON HIS NECK AND BACK.

June 20, 1992 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OUTSIDE ON WATER PUMP, READY TO WASH HIS BOOTS. RAISED LEVER UP AND HIS THUMB CAUGHT INTO PUMP, CAUSING IT TO BREAK.

March 31, 1992 KY · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING DOWN OFF OF A SLAB OF CONCRETE THAT A BELT DRIVE HAD BEEN SETTING ON. HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF A CLUMP OF DRY MUD WHICH WAS ON THE CONCRETE CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO SLIP AN D FALL. THE EMPLOYEE HAD PAIN IN HIS LEFT LEG AND LOWER BACK.

February 11, 1992 KY · Coal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS TAKING A SHOWER AND WHEN FINISHED HE STARTED TO LEAVE THE SHOWER AREA, AND HIS FEET SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM AND HE FELL ON FLOOR HURTING HIS LEFT ARM AND RIB AREA.

January 31, 1992 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING INTO MAN BUS AND WHILE SQUATTING,HESTUMBED AND HIS AHND WENT INTO A SPACE BETWEEN THE SEAT CUTTING EMPLOYEE HAND AT THE BASE OF HIS THUMB RESULTING IN 5 STITCHES.

December 26, 1991 KY · Coal safety director SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

ON 07-09-90 THE EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN EMBANKMENT FROM MIJNE RESCUE STATION TO THE PRACTICE FIELD AND SLIPPED ON THE MOIST GRASS AND FELL ONTO THE GROUND HITTING FLAT ON THE BREATHING ARRPA RATUS CAUSING PAIN TO THE ENTIRE BACK AREA. EMPLOYEE SRARTED MISSING WORK ON 12-26-91 FROM THIS INJURY.

November 1, 1991 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Fall onto or against objects

HE WAS WORKING WHEN HE SLIPPED ON A PIECE OF CONVEYOR BELTING AND FELL AGAINST MACHINE.

October 11, 1991 KY · Coal lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

INJ CARRYING PIECE OF BELT STRUCTURE UNDER MONORAIL FOR THE LONGWALL ,SLIPPED & FELL.

September 1, 1991 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE LIFTING A JACK, HE SLIPPED IN MUD AND FELL STRIKING HEAD & BACK AGAINST CONVEYOR.

July 29, 1991 KY · Coal refuse truck driver, backfill truck driver, stock pile truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN STEPS ON ENDLOADER AND WHILE STEPPING FROM LAST STEP TO GROUND HE GOT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

May 31, 1991 KY · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF SCOOP AND SLIPPED OFF THE BELT, USED AS A RUBBER MAT, AT THE BATTERY CHARGING STATION.

April 27, 1991 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WHILE CARRYING SUPPLIES, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED IN MUD AND FELL STRIKING HIS BACK.

April 16, 1991 KY · Coal hoistman, hoist operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS WASHING DOWN THE WASTE WATER PLANT AND HE HAD REMOVED A GRATING TO WASH INSIDE THE PLANT AND AS HE STEPPED ONTO ANOTHER GRATING HE SLID AND FELL RESULTING TO AN INJURY TO HIS LOWE R BACK.

March 22, 1991 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS EXITING A WATER TRUCK WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF THE HAND RAIL ON THE SIDE OF THE TRUCK CAB WHICH WAS WET & SLIPPERY DUE TO RAIN WITHOUT A GRIP ON THE TRUCKS HAND RAIL THE EMPLOYE E WAS FORCED TO JUMP FROM THE TRUCK INSTEAD OF USING THE FOOT STEPS THAT AE BUILT INTO THE TRUCKS FUEL TANKS WHEN THE EMPLOYEE LANDED ON THE GROUND HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK EMPLOYEE BEGA

January 19, 1991 KY · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

FELL WHILE WORKING BESIDE BELTLINE. FELL ON TAILBONE AND HIT LOWER BACK ON ROCK. CONDITIONS OF BELTLINE SUFACE WAS WET AND SLIPPERY.

December 19, 1990 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Fall from machine

WHILE DOING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, EMPLOYEE WAS STANDIN GIN SCOOP BUCKET AND SLIPPED ON TH WET METAL AND FELL HURTING HIS LEFT LEG.

July 31, 1990 KY · Coal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE TRIPPED AND FELL AND HIT TRACK WITH LEFT KNEE RESULTING IN SORENESS TO LEFT KNEE. DECISION ON LOST TIME WAS MADE ON 9-11-90.

May 11, 1990 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Fall from machine

THE OPERATOR HAD PARKED HIS DOZER ON AN INCLINE ADN WAS GETTING OUT OF DOZER AND SLIPPED ON SOME OIL THAT WAS ON THE RUNNING BOARD AND FELL BACKWARDS ONTO THE DOZER TRACKS.

May 1, 1990 KY · Coal scoop car operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF SCOOP AND STEPPED ON HIGH SPOT ON BOTTOM AND FOOT SLIPPED OUT CAUSING HIM TO FALL HURTING RIGHT LEG AND FOOT. DID NOT START MISSING UNTIL 7-24-90.

April 12, 1990 KY · Coal grader operator, roadgrader operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE CLIMBING DOWN LADDER ON GRADER ADN INJURED RIGHT FOOT WHEN STEPPED ON GROUND RESULTING IN SMALL FRACTURE OF RIGHT ANKLE.

December 19, 1989 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE HAD FINISHED HIS SHIFT AT THE LOADOUT HE WALKED ACROSS THE RAILROAD TRACKS,GOING TO HIS TRUCK,AS HE STEPPED OVER AN OLD 6" SLUDGE LINE HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED ON THE ICE UNDERNEATH THE SNOW CAUSING HIM TO FALL,HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF WITH HIS LEFT ARM,THUS BREAKING HIS LEFT FOREARM.

July 31, 1989 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A METAL LID(@6'X6') MEASURING TO CUT A HOLE IN IT FOR A WATER VALVE,THERE WAS A (2'X2') INSPECTION LID IN THE CENTER HE FINISHED MEASURING HE STEPPED BACKW ARDS AND THE INSPECTION LID TILTED CAUSING HIM TO FALL THROUGH THE HOLE.

January 24, 1989 KY · Coal belt cleaner, picker SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS CARRYING MUD FROM AROUND THE #11 BELT HEAD IN A 5 GALLON BUCKET, AS HE WAS WALKING TO PUT MUD ON THE BELT LINE HE SAID HE STEPPED INTO A HOLE, WHICH CAUSED HIM TO TWIST HIS BACK.

September 9, 1988 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

I NAME WAS CROSSING UNDER BELT AT 12 HEAD AND SLIPPED AND FELL BECAUSE AREA WAS WET AND MUDDY.

May 17, 1988 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

MAN WAS WALKING ACROSS FLOOR AND STEPPED ON WATERHOSE AND ANOTHER MAN PULLED THE HOSE AT THIS TIME CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND INJURY TOHIS BACK REUSLTED.

December 29, 1987 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Fall onto or against objects

HE HAD BEEN TO 7HE COMPANY WAREHOUSE AND WAS WALKING BACK ACROSS THE SIDEWALK AND SLIPPED ON THE SNOW AND ICE ON THE SIDEWALK. HE FELL BACKWARDS HITTING ON HIS BACK- THE FILTER RESCUER HIT H IM IN HIS BACK.3

September 3, 1987 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE HAD CL3MBED ONTO TRUCK TO UNTARP; WHEN STEPPING DOWN, HE SLIPPED AND INJURED HIS RIGHT ARM WHILE TRYING TO HOLD ON.

August 31, 1987 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

CARRYING CASE O0 DRINKING WATER TO ROOF BOLTER SLIPPED AND FELL HURTING HIS BACK.HISTORY OF BACK TROUBLE.

Showing all 39