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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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739,488
Of which fatal
3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
Classifications
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August 31, 1983 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Solar Fuel Company-A Gulf + Western Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DRAGGING A 6-FOOT LONG CONVEYOR PAN. THIS EMPLOYEE IS ABOUT 6\4" IN HEIGHT-THE COAL SEAM HEIGHT IS APPROX. 37". THE ERGRONOINICS OF THE SITUATION WERE SUCH THAT THE EMPLOYEE SUFFE D 2 STRAIN OF MUSCLES IN HIS RIGHT HIP, OR AT LEAST, SO ALLEGED BY EMPLOYEE.

January 21, 1983 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Solar Fuel Company-A Gulf + Western Company · Struck by falling object

THE MINE IS BEING ABANDONED AND EQUIPMENT IS BEING REMOVED. A STACK OF CONVEYOR PANS IN PLACE TO BE MOVED SHIFTED AND THE TOP PAN FELL ON VICTIMS ANKLE AND FOOT. SOLAR FUEL CO. WAS NOT NOTIFIE D OF THE INJURY UNTIL MORNING OF 12483 AT WHICH TIME INVESTIGATION BEGAN.

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