Every injury and fatality MSHA has on file. Filter by state, year, sector, classification, experience, or any keyword from the investigator's narrative.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A DRILL. IT WAS ON A HILL AND HE STEPPED AND TURNED AT THE SAME TIME, TEARING LIGAMENTS IN HIS LEFT KNEE. IT POPPED AND WAS SORE BUT DID NOT GO IN FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 8-14-90.
August 1, 1990MN · Metal/Non-MetalsuperintendentMACHINERY
EE WAS CHECKING THE AIR VOLUME ON A SQUIRREL CAGE FAN IN PREPARATION TO INSTALL IT ONE THE GRIT PLANT BAGGING SYSTEM. UPON STICKING HIS RIGHT HAND IN EXHAUST OF SQUIRREL CAGE FAN THE FAN CAUGH T HIS 1,2,3 FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND CUTTING THEUNDER SIDE OF EACH.
July 21, 1990MN · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE DIFFERENTIAL OF OUR 988 LOADER. HE KNELT DOWN TO GET UNDER THE LOADER AND TURNED AT THE SAME TIME. HE IMMEDIATELY HAD SHARP PAINS IN HIS KNEE AS IT POPPED OUT. THE PAINS PERSISTED BUT HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION RIGHT AWAY. HE LIMPED AND FAVORED IT THINKING IT WOULD GET BETTER. HE ENDED UP AT THE DOCTOR WHEN IT POPPED OUT AGAIN AND IS PRESENTLY IN
April 25, 1990CA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WHILE REMOVING THE SAFETY CABLE FROM A TRUCK BED LOCKING MECHANISM. IT DISLODGED FROM ITS CLAMP AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEES THUMB RESULTING IN A FRACTURE.
March 14, 1990CA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE HAD BENT OVER WHILE HOLDING ONTO THE SIDE OF HIS TRUCK TO MAKE AN INSPECTION OF THE BRAKE POT LOCATED UNDER THE TRUCK, WHEN HIS HOLD HAD APPARENTLY KNOCKED LOOSE A SMALL CHUNK OF DIRT WHICH ENTERED HIS LEFT EYE FROM BEHIND HIS SAFETY GLASSES CAUSING IRRITATION.
February 28, 1990CA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
TAKING BED OFF 769A CAT TRUCK CRANE OPERATOR SWUNG BED & I NAME (OUR MECH) WAS STEADING IT TO KEEP IT FROM HITTING THE CRANE WHEN THE CRANE OPERATOR MADE A MOVE THAT CAUSED THE BED TO SWING AG AINST I NAME HOLD & FORCED WEIGHT TO SHIFT I NAME POSITION & MAKE HIS BACK HURT
February 7, 1990OK · Metal/Non-Metalquality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistantHANDLING OF MATERIALS
DISMOUNTING SHOVEL EXCAVATOR EMPL FELL 3' TO GROUND BELOW ,LADDERA WAS BEING REPAIRED AND EMPL WASNT AWARE OF THIS.EMPL SUFFERED CONTUSIONS TO BOTH FEET-HEEL PORTION.
December 18, 1989CA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING WASTE OIL BARRELS TO THE STORAGE AREA BEHIND THE MAINTENANCE SHOP. EMPLOYEE TRIPPED ON THE STEEL RACK AND FELL INTO THE RACK, SUSTAINING A CUT TO THE FACIAL ARE UNDER THE R IGHT EYE AND THE NOSE. THE INJURY REQUIRED ELEVEN SUTURES.
EMPL WAS MOVING AN ACETYLENE BOTTLE OVER SOME STEPS. BOTTLE SLIPPED FROM HANDS & HIT RIGHT BIG TOE FRACTURE BONE IN BIG TOE.
October 5, 1989CA · Metal/Non-Metalquality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistantHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Meridian Gold Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
DURING A MINOR MAINT. ROUTINE TO DIS-ASSEMBLE AN AUTO-SAMPLER, EMPLOYEE WAS USING A CRESCENT WRENCH TO LOOSEN A BOLT WHICH WAS SLIGHTLY RUSTED. WHEN THE BOLT CAME LOOSE UN-EXPECT-TANTLY THE EM PLOYEES HAND SLIPPED AND HE PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE WRENCH AND THE SAMPLER FRAME, RESULTING IN A LACERATION TO THE FIFITH DIGIT AND A SIMPLE FRACTURE TO THE SAME FINGETIP.
Meridian Gold Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
WHILE PLACING STEEL PLATES IN A STEEL CONTAINMENT RACK USING A FORKLIFT TO TRANSPORT THE PLATES THE STEEL WAS SUSPENDED FROM THE FORKLIFT AND AS IT SWUNG EMPL FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE STE EL PLATE AND THE FORKLIFT FRAME CUTTING THE INSIDE OF THE INDEX FINGER
August 28, 1989MN · Metal/Non-Metaldrill operatorMACHINERY
HE WAS REMOVING A NUT FROM THE SOCKET OF THE IMPACT WRENCH HE WAS USING WHEN HE ACCIDENT;Y HIT THE TRIGGER ON THE IMPACR WRENCH CAUSING A NUT TO SCREW ONTO HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER UP TO THE SECO ND JOINT.
August 18, 1989CA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
DURINGT FABRICATION OF A STEEL RACK EMPLOYEE HAD TACK WELDED A CROSS STRUT USING IT AS A STANDING RUNG TACK WELD FAILED & EMPLOYEE FELL FROM STEEL RACK APPROX 8FT TO FLOOR RESULTING IN SMALL L ACERATION TO BACK OF HEAD REQUIRING ONE STITCH
July 28, 1989MN · Metal/Non-Metalgreaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oilerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
HE WAS SLIDING THE SCREEN OUT OF THE SIDE OF THE WASH DECK WHEN HIS GLOVE GOT CUAGHT ON THE SCREEN AND THEN WAS PINNED AGAINST THE WALL OF THE TOP DECK. AN EDGE OF A WIRE OF THE SCREEN CUT HI S FINGER.
July 21, 1989WY · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
HE WAS USING A GRINDER WHILE REMOVING SLAG FROM AREA TO BE WELDED, HIT A CARITY AND THE GINDER KICKED BACK. HE LST CONTROL AND THE GRINDER CUT HIS FOREARM. THE CUT IS MINER IT TOOK SEVEN STI TCHES AND WILL NOT LOSE ANY MORE WORK.
April 8, 1989CA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techPOWERED HAULAGE
A ROCK WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CONVEYOR BELT AND THE BASE OF THE CONVEYOR WHEN HE TOUCHED THE ROCK WITH HIS HAMMER THE HAMMER ROLLED PULLING HIS R HAND UNDER THE ROCK AND CUTTING OFF THE TIP OF HIS LITTLE FINGER
March 28, 1989MN · Metal/Non-Metalmine manager, mine foreman, mine ownerMACHINERY
WE HA DHIRED TWO INDEPENDENT CRANE CONTRACTORS TO COME IN AND HELP SET UP OUR NEWLY DESIGNED ATACKING CONVEYOR.THE ONE CONTRACTOR WAS EXTENDING HIS BOOM AND JIB CAME LOOSE FROM HOLDER SWINGING OUT FROM THE BOTTOM.THE JIB APPROX 15' IN HEIGHT AND WEIGHING APPROX 2000 LBS STRUCK PLANT MANAGER FROM THE BACK ON THE RIGHT SIDE.HE FELL TO THE GROUND AND THE JIB WENT ON TO HIT FOREMAN WHO
March 27, 1989WY · Metal/Non-Metalwelder (shop)Fatality · MACHINERY
VICTIM WAS WELDER HELER WELDER WAS CUTTING LOOSE TEAM WELDED TO A CONVEYOR. WHILE CUTTING BEAM LOOSE A TOP WELD BROKE AND BEAM FELL OVER AND STRUCK THE HELPER IN THE HEAD. CAUSING MAJOR HEAD I NJURIES.
PULLING ELECT WIRE THRU CONDUIT LOWER BACK PAIN PLANT UNDER CONSTRUCT.
March 1, 1989WA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
HE WAS REMOVING ROCKS FROM KEYWAY HE LIFTED A ROCK TO THROW IT OUT OF THE KEYWAY AND HURT HIS LOWER BACK BECAUSE OF LIFTING THE ROCK HE PULLED A MUSCLE AND SEVERE PAIN CAUSED HIM TO GO HOME H E THEN WENT TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS TREATED FOR A PULLED WING MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK
September 19, 1988CA · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS FLAGGING ORE CONTROL ON SHOT MUCK.ROCK SLIPPED CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO SLIP AND FALL. IN ATTEMPTING TO BRACE HIS FALL HE HIT HIS RIGHT HAND ON A SHARP-EDGED ROCK CAUSING A LACERATION.
July 30, 1988WY · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING ON THE RAILROAD CAR TO RELEASE THE HAND BRAKE, THE BRAKE RELEASE WHEN HE PULLE HIMSELF UP ON THE HANDWHEEL, CATCHING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE CHAIN AND STEP.
July 11, 1988WY · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A FIVE GALLON BUCKET ONTO THE FUEL TRUCK, EMPLOYEE FELT THE PAIN.
June 14, 1988WY · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON