Every injury and fatality MSHA has on file. Filter by state, year, sector, classification, experience, or any keyword from the investigator's narrative.
January 26, 1993TN · Coalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
EMPLOYEE ADN THREE OTHER MEN WERE LOADING A BELT BOLT. LONG X 36" WIDE. HE WENT TO A DR. ON THE 28 COMPLAINING OF BACK PAIN. NO COMPLAINTS ON JOB SITE.
August 16, 1990TN · Coalcontinuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgemanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPL HAD BEEN OPERATING HIGH-LIFT LOADING COAL.LIFT GUAGE INDICATED LIFT WAS OVER HEATING.STOPPED LIFT AND WALKED OUT ONTO MOTOR HOUSING TO CHECK.PUT FOOT ON TOP OF RADIATOR CAP AND TWISTED A LITTLE WITH FOOT ON IT TO LET PRESSURE OFF.HEARD RADIATOR SPEW AND THOUGHT OK,WHEN HE LIFTED FOOT OFF CAP,WATER AND STEAM BLEW OUT HITTING HIM.
ROOF FALL 40'L X 15'W X 8"H #3 ENTRY BEHIND #2 BELT.
April 19, 1989TN · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)MACHINERY
B & D Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS. HE HAD HIS LEFT HAND ON THE ROOF BOLT. HE SHOULD HAVE HIT THE LEVER TO PUSH THE ROOF BOLT UP INTO THE HOLE. IN ERROR HE HIT THE LEVER THAT TURNS THE ROOF BO LT. ROOF BOLT TWISTED HIS GLOVE WITH HIS HAND IN IT. HE WAS UNABLE TO TURN LOOSE OF THE ROOF BOLT. BRAKE WRIST IN TWO PLACES AND BROKE FOUR FINGERS.
ROOF FALL FOUND.30'LONG X 20'WIDE X 6'HIGH.#5 ENTRY INTERSECTION WITH #1 LEFT ROOM.
March 30, 1989TN · Coalbull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift bossMACHINERY
B & D Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
MINING MACHINE LOST AIR, EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING OUT TO SEE WHY, MINER OPERATOR BACKED MINING MACHINE UP AND CAUGHT EMPLOYEE BETWEEN RIB OF COAL AND MINING MACHINE.
EMPLOYEE'S WERE SPLICING BELT TOGETHER, USING BOARD WITH NAILS IN IT TO HOLD BELT LINE TOGETHER. ONE BOARD WAS LEFT ON THE GROUND AFTER THEY FINSIHED AND IT WAS DARK. THE EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON T HE BOARD AND THE NAIL WENT INTO HIS LEFT FOOT.
February 20, 1989TN · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS COMING DOWN OFF OF RAIL CAR HE DID NOT HAVE HIS SAFETY BELT HOOKED HE SLIPPED ON THE LADDER & FELL BETWEEN TWO RAIL CARS HITTING HIS LOWER BACK ON THE RAIL HITCH BETWEEN THE TWO C ARS
ROCK FALL WAS DISCOVERED IN #2 MAIN ENTRY, APPROX. 1500 FEET UNDERGROUND AT 5:30 A.M. BY MINE FOREMAN ON PRE-MINE INSPECTION. THE SIZE OF THE ROCK FALL WAS 6 FEET HIGH, 20 FEET LONG AND 12 FEE T WIDE.
November 8, 1988TN · Coalbull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift bossHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Scarab Energy Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
EMPLOYEE WAS BUILDING BRATTISH, SOME OF THE MORTAR MIX APPLIED TO THE BRATTISH, FELL OFF AND HIT THE GROUND, SPLASHING SOME OF THE MORTAR MIX UP AND HITTING HIM IN THE EYE.
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