Every injury and fatality MSHA has on file. Filter by state, year, sector, classification, experience, or any keyword from the investigator's narrative.
Moltan Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS USING METAL RAKE TO REMOVE CHUNKS OF REFRACTORY FROM A CHUTE FROM THE KILN DISCHARGE. HE ACCIDENTALLY DISLODGED THE METAL CHUTE COVER WHICH HIT HIS RIGHT FOREARM, RESULTING IN BRUISES & CONTUSIONS.
September 3, 1991TN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
Moltan Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
PACKAGING EQUIPMENT WAS OPERATING AUTOMATICALLY.OPERATOR WAS CLEANING MATERIAL FROM UNDER MACHINE.A FOREIGN BODY GOT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.
August 16, 1991TN · Metal/Non-Metalcrane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, riggerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
July 15, 1991TN · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
Moltan Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED WAS WELDING, HE REMOVED HIS WELDING HOOD AND A PIECE OF FOREIGN MATERIAL GOT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.
June 20, 1991TN · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Moltan Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
USING OPEN END WRENCH TO ADJUST COAL MILL ROLLS. WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER TO HIT A NUT ON THE COAL MILL THE RESULT WAS CONTUSION OF RIGHT INDEX FINGER IN NAIL AREA.
June 10, 1991TN · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
INJURED WAS CUTTING A PIPE WITH ACETYLENE/OXYGEN TORCH.HE ACCIDENTALLY DROPPED THE CUTTING ATTACHMENT.AS HE TRIED TO CATCH THE ATTACHMENT THE FALME BURNED HIS RIGHT FOREARM-THE BURN WAS APPROX 1 1/2" IN DIAMETER.
June 6, 1991TN · Metal/Non-Metaldryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Moltan Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
TURNHEAD POSITIONING BAR SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS. BAR HIT HIS LEFT SHOULDER. EE WAS STANDING ON AN ELEVATED PLATFORM WHICH CAUSED HIM TO BE IN A POSITION WHICH ALLOWED THE POSITIONING BAR TO HIT HIS SHOULDER.
May 9, 1991TN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Moltan Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
FILLING BALER BAGS SEALING IT LEFT FOREARM STARTED ACHING
May 9, 1991TN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Moltan Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
I NAME WAS WALKING THROUGH THE PRODUCT MILL BUILDING WHEN A FOREIGN PARTICLE GOT IN H IS LEFT EYE
May 7, 1991TN · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Moltan Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HE WAS CLIMBING A LADDER IN THE BACK OF A WATER SPRINKLER TRUCK. HIS FOOT SLIPPED WHICH CAUSED HIM TO CATCH HIMSELF WIGH HIS RIGHT ARM TO PREVENT A FALL.
May 6, 1991TN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Moltan Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
I NAME STATED THAT AS HE WAS WALKING UP THE STEPS TO WAREHOUSE #2 HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RT KNEE
May 3, 1991TN · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WHILE STACKING BAGS ON THE 10 LB BAGLINE, EE PLACED A BALE ON THE PALLET AND WHILE STRIGHTENING UP EXPERIENCED A PRESSURE TYPE PAIN IN THE LUMBER REGION OF HIS BACK.
February 20, 1991NV · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Moltan Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE UNPLUGGING THE CRUSHER THE BAR, HE WAS USING HIT THE HAND RAIL AND BOUNCED UP AND HIT THE SIDE OF HIS RIGHT EYEBROW CAUSING A CUT.
February 19, 1991TN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS STACKING 25# BAGS ON A PALLET. HE TURNED TO PICK UP BAG AND EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
January 18, 1991TN · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Moltan Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS CLIMBING A LADDER WHEN A FOREIGN PARTICLE GOT IN HIS EYE.
January 15, 1991TN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
HE WAS THREADING A SEWING MACHINE WHILE A MECHANIC WORKED ON THE MACHINE. THE MECHANIC TURNED THE DRIVE PULLEY WHICH CAUSED THE NEEDLE TO CATCH HIS FINGER.
November 19, 1990TN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
HE WAS USING A SHOVEL TO CLEAN LOOSE CLAY FROM BASE OF HAMMERMILL WHICH HE OPERATES. HE STARTED HAVIN GPAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK WHICH WAS DIAGNOSED AS LOWER BACK STRAIN. HE HAS CONTINUED TO WO RK OPERATING THE UNLOADING STATION AND HAMMERMILL.
August 27, 1990TN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Moltan Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
PACKING BAGS IN BALE USED KNIFE TO CUT PLASTIC CUT FINGER USED CLOSED WITH SUTURED
July 22, 1990TN · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Moltan Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HE WAS USING A PRY ROD TO SEPARATE CRACKING ROLLS. PRY ROD SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARD. HE CAUGHT HIMSELF BY GRABBING AN ADJACENT HAND RAIL. BY 7:23 HIS BACK STARTED HURTING HIM. ON 7 -25-90 HE TOLD US THAT THE PAIN WAS WORSE.
July 17, 1990NV · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Moltan Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
AT APPROXIMATELY 7:45 AM DURING START-UP,FEED WAS PLUGGED IN CONE.INJURED LOCKED OUT CONVEYOR AND CRAWLED UP ON CONVEYOR TO UNPLUG HOPPER.HIS HAND WAS BEING HELD BY MATERIAL AND AS INJURED WAS GETTING OFF CONVEYOR,SOMETHING POPPED IN HIS BACK CAUSING BACK PAIN.
May 30, 1990TN · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
Moltan Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HE WAS USING GRINDING WHEEL TO CLEAN METAL SURFACE FOR REPAIR GRINDING WHEEL TOUCHED LEFT LEG ABOVE KNEE ACCDENTALLY CUT ON LEFT LEG OCCURRED.
March 16, 1990TN · Metal/Non-Metalshaft repair, skip tender, station tenderSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
I NAME WAS IN THE TRASH TRAILER EMPTYING IT HE FELL OUT TO THE GROUND (30IN) & HIT THE GROUND ON H IS RT KNEE HE INJURED TENDONS IN RT KNEE REQUIRING SURGICAL REPAIR
INJURED WAS MOVING AN EMPTY WOODEN PALLET (40X48) INTO POSITION FOR LOADING WITH 25# BAGS.HE DROPPED THE PALLET APPROXIMATELY 3 FT.IT HIT HIS LEFT FOOT.
September 15, 1989TN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorOTHER
Moltan Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPL WAS WALKING FROM OFFICE AREA TO FORK LIFT AREA IN K#2 WHSE HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS R FOOT
July 18, 1989TN · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorOTHER
Moltan Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
EMPL OPERATING FRONT END LOADER.FELT INSECT BITE ON RIGHT LEG.DR INDICATED THAT A SPIDER WAS THE INSECT.NO INSECT OR SPIDER WAS SEEN.
January 31, 1989NV · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
December 5, 1988TN · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
STANDING ON LADDER REPLACING MASTER CYLINDER ON CAT FRONT END LOADER SLIPED AND FELL FORWARD AGAINST THE LOADER WHICH CAUSED ABDOMINAL WALL CONTUSION AND RENAL COLIC.
October 25, 1988TN · Metal/Non-Metalbelt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Moltan Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
ADJUSTIN FEED GRATE ON CONVEYOR BELT LOCATED IN SILO. THE BELT SPLICE CAUGHT THE FEED GATE WHICH I WAS HOLDING CUTTING MY INDEX FINGER ON LEFT HAND.
September 7, 1988NV · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Moltan Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EMPL WAS WORKING ON THE CRUSHER FEED BELT HE WAS PUSHING UP ON THE FEED BELT THIS CAUSED HIS BAKC INJURY
September 1, 1988TN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Moltan Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJ WAS SWEEPING A CONCRETE FLOR USING A PUSH BROOM WHEN FOREIGN MATERIAL GOT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO INFLAMATION OF FT. EYE.
July 7, 1988TN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
LOWERING BAG CHAIR ON VALVE BAGGING MACHINE CHAIR DROPPED TO LOWEST POSITION ON THE PEDESTAL AS HE LIFTED THE CHAIR INTO PROPER POSITION HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK CHAIR WEIGHS APPROX 25 LB S
June 29, 1988TN · Metal/Non-Metaldryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
USING PUSH BROOM TO SWEEP UNDER A BELT CONVEYOR SCRAPED 2ND FINGER OF RT HAND ON THE FRAME OF THE CONVEYOR I.NAME DID NOT NOTIFY ANY ONE FINGER BECAME SORE HE WAS SENT TO THE DR ON 7-6-88 AT TIME OF NOTIFICATION
I.NAME WAS STANDING ON TOP EDGE OF A METEAL CONTAINER INVENTROYING MATERIALS ON AN UPPER SHELF HER FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HER TO FALL AGAINST THE STORAGE CLOSET DOOR FRAME SHE SPRAINED HER RT.WR IST
May 19, 1988NV · Metal/Non-Metalbelt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisorMACHINERY
EMPL WAS USING ACETYLENE TORCH TO TRIM PIECE OF METAL. HE LAID BURNING TORCH DOWN WHILE REPOSITIONING PIECE OF METAL. HE THEN INADVERTENTLY WITH GLOVE REMOVED MOVED HIS RIGHT HAND INTO TO RCH FLAME.
May 3, 1988NV · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Moltan Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
I WAS SWINGING A 2LB HAMMER TO BEND SOME METAL & I GLANCED OFF TRHE METAL & STRUCK MYSELF IN THE KNEE
April 7, 1988NV · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanOTHER
EMPLOYEE STEPPED OUT OF TIME CLOCK ROOM INTO A GUST OF WIND AND HIS EYES WERE FILLED WITH DUST AND DIRT
March 15, 1988NV · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Moltan Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING FINES WHEN PARTICLE GOT INTO RIGHT EYE.
February 25, 1988TN · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS