Every injury and fatality MSHA has on file. Filter by state, year, sector, classification, experience, or any keyword from the investigator's narrative.
NORMAL WORKING CONDITIONS. EE WAS GOING DOWN STEPS TO GET INTO THE OUTBOARD MOTOR BOAT. SLIPPED & FELL CAUSING A LOWER BACK STRAIN & CONTUSIONS ON RIGHT ARM
August 12, 1998AR · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handPOWERED HAULAGE
NORMAL WORKING CONDITIONS. EE HAD COMPLETED WELDING ON A BARGE AND WAS USING LADDER TO RETURN TO DECK OF DREDGE, THE LADDER FELL OUT FROM UNDER HIM, CAUSING HIM TO FALL APPROX. 5' TO THE DECK, WHICH RESULTED IN A LOWER BACK STRAIN.
June 12, 1998AR · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
NORMAL WORKING CONDITIONS. EMPLOYEE WAS TURNING ON WATER VALVE, HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND HIT HIS LEG ON AN ANGLE IRON, WHICH RESULTED IN A CONTUSION ON HIS LEFT LEG.
May 18, 1998AR · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
NORMAL WORKING CONDITIONS. EE WAS MOVING FLAPPER ON DREDGE WITH 2 TON BEEBE HAND WINCH. HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF HANDLE OF WINCH & THE HANDLE HIT EE IN THE FACE. LACERATION TO UPPER LIP & NOSE ARE A.
May 14, 1998AR · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handMACHINERY
NORMAL WORKING CONDITIONS. EE WAS OPERATING BUTTONS CONTROLING BARGE WINCH. CABLE BROKE & HIT HIM ON THE FOOT CAUSING HIM TO FALL, HITTING HIS HEAD & SHOULDER. HE HAD CONTUSION TO THE HEAD & F OOT & A SPRAINED SHOULDER.
April 16, 1998AR · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
NORMAL WORKING CONDITIONS: USING WRENCH TO LOOSEN BOLTS ON PUMP. THE BOLT BROKE LOOSE WHILE HE WAS PUSHING DOWNWARD AND BENT HIS WRIST BACK.] SPRAINED RIGHT WRIST
April 16, 1998AR · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
NORMAL WORKING CONDITIONS: EE WAS LOWERING ENGINE ROOF OVERHEAD DOOR.HANDLE ON THE HAND WINCH SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AND HIT EE ON THE RIGHT FOREARM. BRUISED RIGHT FOREARM AND RIGHT ELBOW STRAIN.
NORMAL WORKING CONDITIONS. EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP BUNDLE OF WOOD SHINGLES AND CUT HIS FINGER ON METAL STRIP HOLDING BUNDLE. LACERATION ON MIDDLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND.
August 13, 1997AR · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handPOWERED HAULAGE
NORMAL WORKING CONDITIONS. EE WAS STANDING ON BARGE THE TOWBOAT WAS HOOKING UP TO & THE TOWBOAT BUMPED THE BARGE CAUSING THE EE TO FALL RESULTING IN LOWER RIGHT BACK STRAIN & BRUISED R. HIP.
March 31, 1997AR · Metal/Non-Metalprep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
NORMAL WORKING CONDITIONS. EE WAS PICKING UP TRASH AROUND THE GROUNDS. HE PICKED UP A BOARD WITH NAIL STICKING THROUGH IT AND PUNCTURED PALM ON RIGHT HAND.
March 28, 1997AR · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handOTHER
NORMAL WORKING CONDITIONS. EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING BY THE CONVEYOR AND WIND BLEW SNAD IN EYE. EMPLOYEE DID NOT GO TO THE DOCTOR UNTIL 3-29-97. CORNEAL ABRASION RIGHT EYE.
January 30, 1997AR · Metal/Non-Metalcrane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, riggerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
NORMAL WORKING CONDITIONS. EMPS FOOT CAUGHT UNDERNEATH CABLE OF BARGE WINCH. TOWBOAT MOVED FORWARD TIGHTENING CABLE ON EMPS LEFT FOOT. ANKLE SPRAIN AND CONTUSION ON LEFT FOOT.
November 26, 1996AR · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handMACHINERY
NORMAL WORKING CONDITIONS. EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING FLOOR OF M.V. COLE, LOWBOAT WITH PRESSURE SPRAYER AND CLEANING CHEMICALS. HE MOVED SPRAYER AND THE HOSE CAME OFF, SPRAYING EMPLOYEE IN FACE. EMPLOYEE WAS TREATED FOR EYE IRRITATION BUT THERE WAS NO DAMAGE DONE IN THE EYES.
October 25, 1996AR · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMP WAS ROLLING FUEL HOSE. SLIPPED AND FELL HITTING HIS LEFT LEG ON SIDE OF DREDGE. DID NOT THINK HE NEEDED MEDICAL TREATMENT AT TIME OF ACCIDENT BUT LEG LATER BECAME BADLY BRUISED AND WAS SWO LLEN AFTER A COUPLE DAYS SO EMP WAS SENT TO DR.
May 20, 1996AR · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
NORMAL WORKING CONDITIONS. EE WAS USING AIR GRINDER AND DUST PARTICLES GOT INTO EYES.
September 2, 1995AR · Metal/Non-MetaldispatcherOTHER
Jeffrey Sand Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
NORMAL WORKING CONDITIONS. EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING AROUND SCALES OFFICE AREA AND GRABBED A WILD VINE AND WAS STUNG BY AN INSECT TO WHICH HE HAD AN ALLERGIC REACTION.
July 17, 1995AR · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
NORMAL WORKIGN CONDITIONS. EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING WATE RPUMP AND CAUSED LOWER BCK PAIN AND SORENESS IN NECK.
June 12, 1995AR · Metal/Non-Metalmine manager, mine foreman, mine ownerOTHER
Jeffrey Sand Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
NORMAL WORKING CONDITIONS. EE WAS REMOVING MOTOR FROM AN ELECTRICAL WINCH AND WAS STUNG BY WASP ON THE LEFT ELBOW AND SHOULDER. EE HAD AN ALLERGIC REACTION TO THE STING.
May 20, 1995AR · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
NORMAL WORKING CONDITIONS, EE WAS CHANGING FUEL FILTER ON THE TOWBOAT, WAS USING HAND WRENCH TO LOOSEN FILTER AND FELT SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
December 5, 1994AR · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handOTHER
Jeffrey Sand Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
NORMAL WORKING CONDITIONS. EMPLOYEE WAS BITTEN BY A SPIDER WHILE PERFORMING HIS DUTIES AS A DECKHAND ON THE TOW-BOAT BUT THOUGHT IT WAS NOTHING TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT BECAUSE THERE WAS NO REACT ION TO THE BITE AT THE TIME. THE BITE DIDN'T GIVE ANY PROBLEMS UNTIL 12/7/94 WHEN IT BECAME INFECTED, AT THIS TIME HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR & WAS TREATED & GIVEN A PRESCRIPTION.
September 10, 1994AR · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
NORMAL WORKING CONDITIONS. EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO REPAIR CONVEYOR BELT & PICKED UP A PIECE OF HOT METAL. THE GLOVE HE WAS WEARING HAD A HOLE IN IT & HE BURNED HIS RING FINGER ON HIS RT HAND.
March 19, 1994AR · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handHANDLING OF MATERIALS
NORMAL WORKING CONDITIONS EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING WATER PUMP ON BARGE & STRAINED BACK
February 18, 1994AR · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Jeffrey Sand Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP A BEAM WITH A COME-A-LONG SO A CHAIN HOIST COULD BE HOOKED UP TO THE BEAM WITH A HOOKING THE CHAIN HOIST (COME-A-LONG) SLIPPED AND CRUSHED HIS FINGERS.
November 8, 1993AR · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanOTHER
EMPLOYEE WAS DOING REGULAR JOB DUTIES AS PUMPER ON THE DAVID H. DREDGE UNDER NORMAL WORKING CONDITIONS WHEN HE HAD AN APPARENT STROKE. NO STRENOUS WORK.
October 26, 1993AR · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handHANDLING OF MATERIALS
NORMAL WORKING CONIDITIONS. EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING AN ENGINE HEAD AND STRAINED SHOULDER.
October 8, 1992AR · Metal/Non-Metalcrane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, riggerSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT